Apiaceae FAMILY

Apium prostratum

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

Skin contact with the sap is said to cause photo-sensitivity and/or dermatitis in some people[ 218 Title Medicinal Plants of China Publication Author Duke. J. A. and Ayensu. E. S. Publisher Reference Publications, Inc. Year 1985 ISBN 0-917256-20-4 Description Details of over 1,200 medicinal plants of China and brief details of their uses. Often includes an analysis, or at least a list of constituents. Heavy going if you are not into the subject. ].

Botanical Description

Apium prostratum is a prostrate to erect, biennial to perennial, herbaceous plant growing 5 - 100cm tall[ 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 ]. Apium prostratum was used as a celery substitute by the early European settlers. It has received some attention from the 'bush foods' industry in Australia, as it has a flavour similar to the common celery but with some evidence of parsley flavour[ 397 Title Australian Native Plants Society Publication Author Website http://anpsa.org.au/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A series of fact sheets on Australian plants. Good photographs, brief description and information on uses, habitat, range, cultivation etc. ]. It has been suggested as having the potential to be bred as a cultivated vegetable[ 193 Title Wild Food Plants of Australia. Publication Author Low. T. Publisher Angus and Robertson. Year 1989 ISBN 0-207-14383-8 Description Well presented, clear information and good photographs. An interesting read for the casual reader as well as the enthusiast ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria; New Zealand; southern S. America - Brazil, Argentina, Chile

HabitatCoastal headlands and dunes, margins of brackish swamps and saline stretches of river banks[ 193 Title Wild Food Plants of Australia. Publication Author Low. T. Publisher Angus and Robertson. Year 1989 ISBN 0-207-14383-8 Description Well presented, clear information and good photographs. An interesting read for the casual reader as well as the enthusiast ]. Coastal areas, flooded sites, creeklines, swamps and marshes; growing in sand, sandy loam, granite and limestone soils[ 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 ].