Biology:Platysace cirrosa

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Short description: Species of herb

Platysace cirrosa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Platysace
Species:
P. cirrosa
Binomial name
Platysace cirrosa
Bunge

Platysace cirrosa, commonly known as karna, is a perennial herb that is endemic to Western Australia.[1] The Noongar name for the plant is kanna.[2]

The plant has a twining tuberous habit. The herb or climber blooms between January and March producing yellow flowers. It is found along slopes and drainage lines in the Wheatbelt and Mid West regions where it grows in lateritic or loamy soils over granite.[1]

The species was first described by the botanist Alexander Bunge 1845 in the Umbelliferae section of Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q17140510 entry