CAT-00073
Sea parsley
Apium prostratum
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Apium
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Herb / spice
- Latin name
- Apium prostratum
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Sea parsley
- Source URLs
- https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Apium%20prostratum | https://tuckerbush.com.au/plants/vegetable-plants/; https://tuckerbush.com.au/sea-parsley-apium-prostratum-var-prostratum/; https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A131829-3 Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗ Open source 3 ↗ Open source 4 ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00073
- Mature width
- 1m
- Native range
- Australian coastal habitats, especially southern coasts.
- Plant family
- Apiaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- 30-50cm
- Native states
- NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
- Original list
- No
- Research date
- 10/10/2026
- Research notes
- Profile enriched from botanical/nursery sources. Dimensions are unpruned regional estimates where available; missing measurements remain explicit. Seasons are regional guides and vary with climate, location, cultivar and plant maturity. Drought and cultivation guidance are qualitative garden inferences, not measured ratings.
- Evidence status
- Nursery food-use source; preparation detail review pending
- Fruiting season
- After flowering.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Leaves and stems
- Flowering season
- Late summer reported by nursery.
- Brief description
- Low coastal herb with aromatic celery-like foliage.
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate; regular water improves harvest.
- Preparation notes
- Use correctly identified leaves and tender stems as celery-like flavouring.
- Flower description
- Small white flowers in umbrella-like clusters.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Promising herb bed or pot plant in sun or part shade.
- Botanical description
- Pending.
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Native bees and insects visit flowers; canopy shelters birds.
- Flora of Australia profile
- https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Apium%20prostratum Open source ↗
- Fruit type and description
- Small dry paired fruits; leaves and stems are the crop.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Editor. Apium prostratum. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Apium%20prostratum (accessed 2026-10-14). Copyright Commonwealth of Australia; CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). HTML formatting removed; species-level context added where noted. Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- 14/10/2026