Blooms: June - August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Distribution: Introduced, occsionally escapes.
Habitat: Disturbed ground, usually where moist.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Distribution: Introduced, occsionally escapes.
Habitat: Disturbed ground, usually where moist.
Species Description:
General: Celery-scented, yellow-green, glabrous biennial, 5-12 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves 1-2 pinnate, shiny, with large, toothed leaflets.
Flowers: Umbels nearly sessile, often in the leaf axils; involucre wanting; flowers white.
Fruits: Fruit ovoid.
General: Celery-scented, yellow-green, glabrous biennial, 5-12 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves 1-2 pinnate, shiny, with large, toothed leaflets.
Flowers: Umbels nearly sessile, often in the leaf axils; involucre wanting; flowers white.
Fruits: Fruit ovoid.
Subspecies & Varieties:
Ours is var. dulce
Accepted Name:
Apium graveolens L.Synonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
(not treated in H&C)
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Apium graveolens specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Apium graveolens specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Apium graveolens treatment.
E-Flora BC: Apium graveolens atlas page.
CalPhotos: Apium graveolens images.
USDA Plants Database: Apium graveolens.
Greg Keighery
Sue Winterowd, 2000
Sue Winterowd, 2000
Sue Winterowd, 2000
Sue Winterowd, 2000
Sue Winterowd, 2000
Sue Winterowd, 2000
G. D. Carr, 1983
G. D. Carr, 1983
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