| Common Name: | Prickfoot |
| Synonym: | |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Size: | 10-20cm x 30-60cm |
| Description: | Prostrate tufting perennial or short-lived herb. |
| Leaves: | Stiff bright green lance-shaped leaves with long spiny teeth, blade 2-15cm long, stalk of equal length. |
| Flowering: | Small egg-shaped to round flowerheads of small flowers on stalks 1-3cm long, rising from base of tuft and from leaf axils, bracts from base of flowerhead longer than flowerhead. |
| Flower Colour: | Bluish |
| Flowering Time: | December to February |
| Growing Conditions: | Moist and winter wet soils amongst sedges. Full sun, semi shade. |
| Garden Use: | An interesting little plant for bog gardens and beside water areas, where the roots do not dry out. |
| Related Species: | |
| Plant Communities: | 30, 39, 43, 44 |
| Conservation Status: | Limited distribution now within the Shire, found at more locations many years ago. |
| Aboriginal Use: | |
| Commercially available: | Australian plant & indigenous nurseries |
| Bird Attracting: | No |
| Butterfly Attracting: | No |
| Frog Habitat: | No |
| Photographer: | Colleen Miller © |