Rare 'new' carrot species found growing on rocky edge of Aussie national park

The thick roots of a "rare new species" that's distantly related to farmed carrots have been found clinging to rocky summits in an Australian national park. Platysace summicola only exists on rocky outcrops in the Stirling Range National Park. (Andrew Perkins)Major threats to rare plants of the Stirling RangeThe plant is more vulnerable to extinction than common species because it only exists in a small part of the Stirling Range National Park. A map highlights the restricted distribution of Platysace summicola based on specimens that have been collected. The description was published as Platysace summicola (Apiaceae), a rare new species from the Stirling Range, Western Australia.