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Trachymene scapigera, also known as mountain trachymene, is a species of plant in the ginseng family that is endemic to Australia.

Trachymene scapigera
Flowers
Conservation status
Endangered  (EPBC Act)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Araliaceae
Genus:	Trachymene
Species:	T. scapigera
Binomial name
Trachymene scapigera (Domin) B.L.Burtt, 1992
Synonyms
Didiscus scapiger Domin, 1908

Description

The species is a robust rhizomatous perennial herb growing up to 50 cm high. The three- to five-lobed leaves form a basal rosette. Some 20–50 white to pinkish flowers are produced in an umbel borne on a 12–35 cm stem. Flowering takes place from December to March.[1]

Distribution and habitat

The species was originally known only from the type specimen collected in 1899 near the Jenolan Caves, west of Sydney. It was subsequently thought to be extinct until two adjacent populations were discovered in the 1980s along the banks of the Boyd River in Kanangra-Boyd National Park in the Central Tablelands district of New South Wales, where the plants grow on flat or gently sloping ground in the riparian zone.[1]

Conservation

The species has been listed as Endangered under Australia's EPBC Act. The main threat comes from human activities, as well as, potentially, inappropriate fire regimes and disturbance by feral pigs.[1]

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