Australe Apium (Apium australe)

Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Apium australe is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.6 m (2ft). The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Flies. The plant is self-fertile. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils and can grow in saline soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland). It prefers moist soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Leaves, Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

taste, it is used as a flavouring in soups etc. — Leaves - raw or cooked.; A salty taste, it is used as a flavouring in soups etc.; Used like celery.; The leaves can also be eaten raw but have a very strong flavour.

Habitat & North American Range

Damp places in all more or less open coastal habitats, less commonly in wet places inland to elevations of 75 metres in Tierra Del Fuego and north latitude to 35°s. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)