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Haussknechtia is a monotypic genus with one perennial species, Haussknechtia elymaitica, a tall, smooth plant native to Iran, known there as johour or white celery. It is a wild species and is not commonly grown in home gardens, so the care advice below is general and uncertain.
Haussknechtia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It only contains one species, Haussknechtia elymaitica. It is commonly known as johour or white celery in Iran.
It is a perennial plant, that is 2-3 m tall glabrous (smooth) and with large bipinnatisect (deeply dissected segments) basal leaves and numerous flowers that are grouped in globose (rounded) umbels, situated on the usually simple or slightly branched stems.
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