Annesorhiza lateriflora (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.-e.van Wyk

Roots 1-3 (several?), fingerlike, fleshy. Leaves compound, trifid, up to 6-ternate, glabrous, leaf bases sheath-like, persist as papery fibres. Petioles up to 150 mm long. Pinnae segments variable, linear or acicular, terete or flat with thickened margins and midrib, often conduplicate, acuminate, margins entire. Inflorescence scape up to ± 0.8 m long and usually smooth (striated when robust) with usually 2-6 umbels per scape, main umbel of 2-4 rays, similar to lower ones. Involucral bracts small, persistent. Involucel of small narrowly ovate, acuminate bracteoles. Calyx lobes small, less than 0.2 mm long. Petal colour not known. Fruits (mature?) ± 3.0 mm long, ± 1.2 mm wide, mericarps homomorphic, without wings.