Distribution: Occurring in scattered locations on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to Idaho, Utah, and Nevada, east across the southern U.S. to eastern North America.
Habitat: Disturbed ground, usually where moist, where escaped from nearby cultivation.
Flowers: June-August
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Generalist
Celery-scented, yellow-green, glabrous biennial, 5-12 dm. tall.
Leaves 1-2 pinnate, shiny, with large, toothed leaflets.
Umbels nearly sessile, often in the leaf axils; involucre wanting; flowers white.
Fruit ovoid.
Publication: Sp. Pl. 1: 264. 1753.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Apium graveolens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Apium graveolens checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Apium graveolens information.
E-Flora BC: Apium graveolens atlas page.
CalPhotos: Apium graveolens photos.
USDA Plants: Apium graveolens information.
