Flora of New Zealand Series

Scandix glochidiata Labill. Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 1, 1804, 75, t. 102.

D. brachiatus Sieb. in DC. Prodr. 4, 1830, 214.

Herb of diverse size according to habitat conditions, from c. 1-3 dm. or more tall, sparingly to much branched. Stems and branches us. glab. or nearly so, ribbed or striate. Lvs flaccid, glab. to ± clad in stiff hairs, 2-3-pinnate, on ± glab. petioles (1)-5-15 cm. long, expanded and semiamplexicaul at base. Primary lflts in (2)-4-(6) pairs, on petiolules up to ± 5 mm. long; secondary lflts pinnatisect to pinnatifid, linear-oblong to linear-spathulate, ± mucronulate. Umbels axillary and terminal, compound or in dwarfed specimens sts simple, on slender to stout peduncles up to c. 15 cm. Rays very unequal; primary 4-10, up to c. 15 cm., us. less; secondary up to ± 1 cm. long. Involucral bracts entire to dissected, caducous. Fls minute; petals white to red, soon falling. Fr. about oblong in outline, ± 3 mm. long. Mericarps with glochidia ± 1 mm. long, reddish to pale brown; primary ribs us. with a double row of spreading minute bristles.

DIST: Three Kings, N., S., Ch. Lowland open places throughout, local.

FL. 10-12. FT. 11-1. Also in Australia, Tasmania.