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Celery (Apium graveolens Dulce Group or Apium graveolens var. dulce) [1] is a cultivated plant belonging to the species Apium graveolens in the family Apiaceae that has been used as a vegetable since ancient times. Celery has a long fibrous stalk tapering into leaves. Celery seed powder is used as a spice.
The leaves are fernlike, 2–4-pinnate, finely divided, feathery, up to 50 centimetres (20 in) long, with whitish patches near the rachis. The plant is softly hairy and smells strongly of aniseed when crushed. The flowers are creamy-white, about 2–4 mm across, produced in large umbels. The flowering period extends from May to June. [8]
Apium graveolens, known in English as wild celery, [2] [3] is an Old World species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae.It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.. The species is widely naturalised outside of its natural range and is used as a vegetable; modern cultivars have been selected for their leaf stalks (), a large bulb-like hypocotyl (), and their leaves (leaf celery).
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It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,800 species in about 446 genera, [1] including such well-known, and economically important plants as ajwain, angelica, anise, asafoetida, caraway, carrot, celery, chervil, coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, lovage, cow parsley, parsley, parsnip and sea holly, as well as silphium ...
Cyclospermum leptophyllum (also, Ciclospermum l.) is a species of plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common names marsh parsley, [1] slender celery [2] and fir-leaved celery; [1] one source also mentions the name of wild cherry, [3] although this may be a misspelling of "wild celery".
Angelica lucida is a species of angelica known by the common names seacoast angelica and sea-watch. It is also one of many species in the celery family which are casually called wild celery. [2] As its common names suggest, this plant is found most often along the coastline.
Apium prostratum, commonly known as sea celery, is a variable herb native to coastal Australia and New Zealand. [1] The leaves are variable, with toothed leaflets, and a celery like aroma. The tiny white flowers occur in clusters.