Apium annuum P.S.Short

Species

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Characteristics

A small annual herb. It grows to 15 cm high. It is erect and branched. The leaves are broad and oval. They are 4 cm long and divided. The flowers are white and occur in small stalked clusters.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 0.1
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Environment

It grows on the edge of salt flats just above the strand line. It grows in temperate and warm temperate regions. Tasmania Herbarium.
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Seasonally wet flats, saline lake flats, coastal limestone, sand ridges in sandy, clayey and loamy soils in Western Australia.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible leaves
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Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Apium annuum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:838025-1
WFO ID wfo-0000540576
COL ID FNFP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Apium annuum