Apiaceae FAMILY

Apium annuum

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Apium annuum is an erect, slender, annual plant, often branching from the base, growing from 3 - 10cm tall, exceptionally to 50cm[ 285 Title Florabase Publication Author Website https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database of Western Australian plants ]. The plant is probably harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia

HabitatSeasonally wet flats, saline lake flats, coastal limestone, sand ridges in sandy, clayey and loamy soils in Western Australia[ 285 Title Florabase Publication Author Website https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database of Western Australian plants ].