Cortiella (Apiaceae) HWJK2291

aff. hookeri

From seed we collected at a lofty 4550m altitude on our trek south of the Tibetan border towards Topke Gola, Eastern Nepal. A low growing umbellifer to 7cm tall, forming a prostrate rosette of bi-pinnate narrowly leafleted leaves to 20cm wide. With a dense central dome of white flowered small umbels, surrounded by small bracts, July-September. For full sun in a free drained soil with some moisture retention.