Celery

Celery (Apium graveolens) is a herbaceous biennial plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the coasts of western and northern Europe, most commonly in ditches and saltmarshes. It grows to 1 m tall, with pinnate to bipinnate leaves with rhombic leaflets 3-6 cm long and 2-4 cm broad. The flowers are creamy-white, 2-3 mm diameter, produced in dense compound umbels. The seeds are broad ovoid to globose, 1.5-2 mm long and wide.

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Celery is a very popular vegetable, used primarily in salads and soups. There are two main Cultivar Groups:

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• Apium graveolens Dulce Group - Celery (discussed below)
• Apium graveolens Rapaceum Group - Celeriac (see the separate page for details)

A large number of cultivars of celery are grown by gardeners, which differ little from the wild species, mainly in having stouter leaf stems. They are ranged under two classes, white and red; the white cultivars being generally the best flavoured, and most crisp and tender.

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Biennial plant: A Biennial plant is a plant that takes between twelve and twenty-four months to complete its lifecycle. In the first year the plant grows leaves and stems (vegetative structures) and then it enters a period of dormancy over the colder months. The next spring/summer it produces fruit, flowers and see...

Apiaceae: See text...




Celery related Images and Photos (experimental)

Giant Celery on Flatbed

Big City Celery Crate Label

Collenchyma Tissue from a Celery Plant

Smoked Salmon Trout with Fine Strips of Celery