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Erect terrestrial herb. Stems hollow, slightly grooved, striate, up to 50 cm high. Basal lvs 3–4-pinnate or ternate, petiolate; ultimate segments linear to filiform, entire, 2–15 mm long; stem lvs similar to basal but 2–3-ternate, shortly petiolate. Umbels 1–3 cm diam., simple or compound; rays 1–3–(4). Fls 3–10, white, c. 1 mm diam. Fr. broadly ovoid, 1.5–3 mm long, dark brown; ribs broad, thickened, pale brown.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Ciclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague]
Flowering: Jul.–Jan.