CAT-00074
Sea celery
Apium annuum
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Apium
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Leaf vegetable
- Latin name
- Apium annuum
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Sea celery
- Source URLs
- https://tuckerbush.com.au/plants/vegetable-plants/; https://tuckerbush.com.au/sea-celery-apium-annuum/; https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/efd2d478-af62-4de2-acf1-3817d9ab2b10 Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗ Open source 3 ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00074
- Mature width
- 30-50cm
- Native range
- Southern Australian coasts, including Victoria, SA and WA.
- Plant family
- Apiaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- 30-50cm
- Native states
- SA, 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
- October-February in VicFlora; regional timing varies.
- Brief description
- Small coastal celery herb.
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate; water regularly for tender growth.
- Preparation notes
- Use correctly identified leaves and tender stems; avoid confusing with unrelated wild Apiaceae.
- Flower description
- Tiny white flowers, sometimes with reddish petal midribs, in small umbrella-like clusters.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Trial a drained herb bed with summer afternoon shade.
- Botanical description
- Not recorded
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Native bees and insects visit flowers; canopy shelters birds.
- Flora of Australia profile
- Not recorded
- Fruit type and description
- Small dry paired fruits; aromatic leaves and stems are harvested.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Not recorded
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- Not recorded