Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Apiales Nakai
Family
Umbelliferae
Genus
Apium L.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent., Choix Pl. t. 81 (1804)
Vernacular Name(s):
New Zealand celery; Sea celery; shore celery; Tūtae kōau
 Description

Procumbent to ascending, terrestrial perennial, not rooting at nodes. Lvs pinnately 3-foliolate to 1–2-pinnate; ultimate segments broadly or narrowly ovate to deltate, usually lobed and crenate, c. 5–30 mm long; upper stem lvs similar to lower and basal lvs, but often reduced and 3-foliolate or simple. Umbels compound, usually sessile or subsessile, lf-opposed; rays 2–10–(15); bracts and bracteoles 0. Fls numerous, white. Fr. broadly ovoid, 1.5–2.5 mm long; ribs broad and spongy.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Indigenous (Non-endemic)2
Total3
 Bibliography
Short, P.S. 1979: Apium L. sect. Apium (Umbelliferae) in Australasia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1: 205–235.
Ventenat, E.P. 1804: Choix de Plantes, dont la plupart sont cultivees dans le jardin de Cels.