Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague ex Britton & P.Wilson (1925) – as Ciclospermum leptophyllum
Synonymy:
- ≡ Pimpinella leptophylla Pers. (1805)
- ≡ Apium leptophyllum (Pers.) F. Muell. ex Benth. (1867)
- = Cnidium tenuifolium Moench (1794)
- ≡ Apium tenuifolium (Moench) Thell. (1926)
Vernacular Name(s):
Slender celery
Description
Erect terrestrial herb. Stems hollow, slightly grooved, striate, up to 50 cm high. Basal lvs 3–4-pinnate or ternate, petiolate; ultimate segments linear to filiform, entire, 2–15 mm long; stem lvs similar to basal but 2–3-ternate, shortly petiolate. Umbels 1–3 cm diam., simple or compound; rays 1–3–(4). Fls 3–10, white, c. 1 mm diam. Fr. broadly ovoid, 1.5–3 mm long, dark brown; ribs broad, thickened, pale brown.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Ciclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague]
Biostatus
Exotic
Phenology
Flowering: Jul.–Jan.
