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Platysace lanceolata Native parsnip Family: Apiaceae Platysace lanceolata belongs to the same family of herbs as the Flannel Flower and the common celery. It is an erect, bushy shrub 1-1.5m high, abundant in woodland and dry sandy heaths on sandstone. This variety of the lance-leaved platysace has alternate, narrow, thin, flexible leaves about 3cm long, with distinctive veins almost parallel. Crushed leaves smell a bit like carrots. The white flowers are densely packed in compound terminal umbels. Platysace lanceolata flowers from December to April.
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