Aciphylla

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Read about Aciphylla in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Aciphylla (Greek for sharp-leaved). Umbelliferae. About a dozen or so herbs, all of New Zealand except 2 in the mts. of Austral., sometimes seen in rock-gardens but apparently not grown in N. Amer. Plant erect, and rigid, somewhat spiny, with thick pinnate lvs., and the small fls. in compound bracted umbels. Some of them are large plants. Allied to Ligusticum.


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Aciphylla
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Aciphylla
J.R. Forster & G. Forster

Species
* Aciphylla anomala

Synonyms
Coxella Cheeseman & Hemsl.

Aciphylla is a genus of about 40 species of plants in the Apiaceae family, endemic to New Zealand and Australia. They generally grow as tall spikes surrounded by rosettes of stiff, pointed leaves.

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