Apium annuum

P.S. Short

Dwarf sea celery, Annual celery

ApiaceaeLeaves

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

None known

Where to Find It

It grows on the edge of salt flats just above the strand line. It grows in temperate and warm temperate regions. Tasmania Herbarium.

Australia*, Tasmania,

Countries: Australia

How to Identify

A small annual herb. It grows to 15 cm high. It is erect and branched. The leaves are broad and oval. They are 4 cm long and divided. The flowers are white and occur in small stalked clusters.

How to Grow

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Medicinal Uses

None known

Other Uses

None known Special Uses

Wikipedia

Source ↗

Apium annuum is one of the 20 species of the genus Apium of the family Apiaceae. It is an annual herb with a distribution in salt-marsh and saline habitats of Victoria, south and western Australia.

Notes

There are about 20 Apium species.

References (4)

Harris, S., Buchanan, A., Connolly, A., 2001, One Hundred Islands: The Flora of the Outer Furneaux. Tas Govt. p 106
Low, T., 1992, Bush Tucker. Australia’s Wild Food Harvest. Angus & Robertson. p 136
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R., 2000, The Western Australian Flora. A Descriptive Catalogue. Western Australian Herbarium. p 145
Tasmanian Herbarium Vascular Plants list p 3