Glabrous, erect or lax annual 2–10 cm high, usually branched from base. Leaf-lamina to 2–9 mm across, deeply 3- or 5-lobed; lobes entire or 3-dentate; petiole 2–9 mm long; stipules scarious, ciliate or fringed, white to yellow. Umbels simple, leaf-opposed, 3–4 mm diam., 3–6-flowered; peduncle 2–12(–30) mm long; pedicel to 0.5 mm long. Petals yellow. Fruits c. 1 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide; mericarps with keeled dorsal and intermediate ribs, area between them minutely pitted, area enclosed by intermediate ribs smooth and flat. Flowers spring.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, VVP, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, HSF. Also WA, SA, Tas. In Victoria confined mainly to areas west of Port Phillip Bay, usually in light forest, woodland or open heaths, often on sandy soils.
Source:
Duretto, M.F. (1999). Apiaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 256–258. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
