Platysace cirrosa
| Platysace cirrosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | 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 i 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
- 1 2 "Platysace cirrosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- ↑ "Noongar names for plants". kippleonline.net. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ↑ "Platysace cirrosa Bunge.". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
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