Common name: Sea Celery
Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent. APNI* Description: Biennial or perennial prostrate herb with branches 30–70 cm long, glabrous.
Leaves 1–2-pinnatisect, those near base 5–41 cm long, those opposite compound umbels 2–15 cm long; segments 3-lobed, 2–7 mm wide.
Umbels 3.5–7 cm diam., sessile or peduncle 2–20 mm long; rays 2–15, 0.4–5.5 mm long. Petals ovate, 0.8–1.5 mm long, white.
Fruit obovate to ± circular, 1.3–2.5 mm long and wide; mericarps with 5 thick longitudinal ribs which almost conceal the narrow furrows between them.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows on edges of saltmarsh and coastal cliffs or near rivers or brackish water, west to Denman.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, CWS, LHI
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. S.A. W.A.
Text by S. M. Hastings & J. M. Powell (1992)
Taxon concept: Short (1979)
Taxa not yet included in identification key
Apium prostratum subsp. howense
| | Key to the varieties | |
| 1 | Leaflets entire or divided; undivided leaflets and primary segments of divided leaflets ± linear or narrow-lanceolate, 6–15 times as long as broad | var. prostratum |
| Leaflets divided, primary segments elliptic, ovate, obovate or ± cuneate, 2–3 times as long as broad | var. filiforme |
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