About Trachymene coerulea Graham
Trachymene coerulea Graham, commonly known as the blue-lace flower, is an herbaceous species in the plant family Araliaceae. This species is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It was first formally described in 1828 by Robert Graham, based on a cultivated individual grown from seed collected and sent to Edinburgh by Charles Fraser, the colonial botanist of New South Wales. It can reach a maximum height of 1.2 meters, and bears fan-shaped leaves and clusters of flower heads that may be blue, purple, or white. Each flower head holds between 130 and 300 individual flowers. Traditional Aboriginal uses of this plant include mashing its bulbs and leaves to make a body rub that relieves aches and pains, and inhaling vapours from crushed leaves to treat headaches.
