Biology:Trachymene coerulea

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Trachymene coerulea
Trachymene coerulea at Lake Walyungup, Rockingham Lakes Regional Park, June 2022 06.jpg
Trachymene coerulea at Lake Walyungup, Rockingham Lakes Regional Park
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Trachymene
Species:
T. coerulea
Binomial name
Trachymene coerulea
Graham

Trachymene coerulea (common name - blue-lace flower) is a herb in the family Araliaceae.[1] It is native to Western Australia.[1][2]

Trachymene coerulea was first described by Robert Graham in 1828, from a plant grown from seed sent to Edinburgh by Charles Fraser, the New South Wales colonial botanist.[3][4]

The plant is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.[5]

Aboriginal uses

Mashed bulbs and leaves were used as a body rub to relieve aches and pains.[6] Vapours from the crushed leaves were inhaled for headaches.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Trachymene coerulea". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6266. 
  2. ↑ "Trachymene coerulea Graham" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/6026479. 
  3. ↑ "Trachymene coerulea". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/60771. 
  4. ↑ Graham, R. (1828). "XXIV. Description of several New or Rare Plants which have flowered in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, and chiefly in the Royal Botanic Garden, during the last three months". Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 5: 371-382 [380]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2479717. 
  5. ↑ Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science. "Florabase—the Western Australian Flora: Trachymene coerulea" (in en). https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6266. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 , pp. 31 , Wikidata Q113330855

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q17137654 entry



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