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Island Celery

Apium insulare

Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Victoria (Is. in Bass Strait) to Tasmania, Lord Howe I.
Climate
subtropical

About

Apium insulare, Flinders Island celery, or Island celery is a herb of the Bass Strait islands, and Lord Howe Island, Australia. It is a member of the Apiaceae (carrot family).

It was first described by Philip Short in 1979.

Uses

It is considered to be "worth investigating" as a food plant.

Other Apium plants

Apium annuum · Sea Celery · Chilean Celery · Celeriac · Leaf celery · Wild Celery · Apium prostratum subsp. howense · Sea Celery · Celery

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Apium insulare by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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