Anisotome aromatica var. pinnatisecta Allan

Stems stiff, finely striate, up to c. 3 dm. tall; lamina up to ± 8 cm. long, on petiole c. 4–8 cm. long including broad membr. sheath; pinnae up to ± 9 pairs, subcoriac., distant, up to c. 10 × 10 mm., sessile to shortly petiolulate, pinnately divided to midvein into 2–3 pairs of distant linear lobes (these sts again lobed) with obtuse to subacute minutely apiculate apex. Umbels compound or simple, up to c. 3 cm. diam. in fr., us. several on common peduncle up to c. 6 cm. long; involucral bracts linear. Fr. ovate-oblong in outline; strongly compressed, ± 3–4 mm. long; mericarps with acute to winged ridges.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]