Erect annual to 20(–50) cm high, often multistemmed. Leaves usually 1-pinnate, upper leaves much smaller than lower, lamina to 5 cm long; leaflets 3–5, ovate-cuneate, to 2.5 cm long, often deeply 3-lobed and lobes again divided; margins crenate to toothed; petiole longer than lamina. Umbels 1–4 cm diam., sessile or subsessile; rays 3–4, unequal, 1–3-(–6.5) cm long; umbellules 3–10(–20)-flowered; pedicels to 5 mm long. Petals c. 0.5 mm long, white, often with reddish midrib. Fruit broad-ovoid, c. 1.5 mm long; mericarps with 5 slender pale ribs. Flowers Oct.–Feb.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, Brid, VVP, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, DunT, HSF, Strz. Also SA, WA. Found mostly in saltmarsh and other saline habitats, mainly in south-western Victoria east to Melbourne, with an isolated occurrence in the Gippsland Lakes area.
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.
