Filiforme Apium (Apium filiforme)

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

Apium filiforme is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft). 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. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland). It prefers moist soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Leaves, Shoots

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

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring in soups etc. — Leaves and stems - raw or cooked.; They are used as a flavouring in soups etc.; A parsley flavour, they are quite pleasant raw.; The seed is used as a flavouring.

Habitat & North American Range

By the coast and occasionally inland in lowland areas, Kermaduc, North, South and Stewart Islands. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)