Trachymene compressa (Labill.) Spreng. f. compressa
Trachymene compressa f. laevis Domin
Trachymene platyptera Bunge
Trachymene platyptera Bunge var. platyptera
Platysace compressa, commonly known as tapeworm plant,[2] is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, ascending or low-lying perennialherb, sometimes with no leaves, or leaves reduced to scales, on flat, winged stems.
Description
Platysace compressa is an erect, ascending or low-lying perennial herb that typically grows to a height of 0.15–1.2 m (5.9 in – 3 ft 11.2 in). Its stems are flat and rigid, striated and winged, sometimes 4–6.5 mm (0.16–0.26 in) wide. The leaves are small and scale-like, or absent. White or cream-coloured flowers are borne on the ends of branches in compound umbels with thin spreading rays, some of the longer rays with umbellules, sometimes also compound.[3] Flowering occurs from September to March or from January to March.
^Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 167. ISBN9780958034180.