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*Apium graveolens Linnaeus. Common name: Celery, Celeriac. Phenology: Jun-Jul; Jul-Aug. Habitat: Disturbed areas, escaped or persisting from cultivation. Distribution: Native of Europe.

Origin/Endemic status: Europe

Taxonomy Comments: Escapes in our area appear to be a reverted wild form, sometimes treated as A. graveolens var. graveolens. This species occurs in forms or cultivars, which have sometimes been treated as botanical varieties: A. graveolens var. dulce (P. Miller) A.P. de Candolle (Celery), A. graveolens var. rapaceum A.P. de Candolle (Celeriac), and others.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, Fl7, FNA13, G, MC, Meso4.1, Mo2, NE, RAB, Tx, WH3, WV, Ronse et al (2010); = Celeri graveolens (L.) Britton — S; = n/a — Pa, Tat; > Apium graveolens L. ssp. dulce (Mill.) Bertol.; > Apium graveolens L. var. dulce (Mill.) DC. — K4. Basionym: Apium graveolens L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Apium graveolens - FNA13

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