Apium graveolensL.

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WFO wfo-0000540626 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Apium graveolens, photographed by Jacob Dubi
fig. a Jacob Dubi, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-26 / obs. 200860989
Apium graveolens, photographed by Millie Basden
fig. b Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194313579
Apium graveolens, photographed by Millie Basden
fig. c Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187986423
Apium graveolens, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 179918761
Apium graveolens, photographed by Thomas Mesaglio
fig. e Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172259098
Apium graveolens, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. f Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153641813
Apium graveolens, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. g Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187558841
Apium graveolens, photographed by Thomas Gyselinck
fig. h Thomas Gyselinck, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146165638

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Native range 52 botanical countries

Regions where Apium graveolens is native: Algeria, Azores, Canary Is., Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Cyprus, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Netherlands, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaAfghanistanCyprusGulf StatesIranIraqKazakhstanLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanYemenPakistanWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBelgiumBulgariaCorseDenmarkFranceGermanyGreeceIrelandItalyKritiKrymNetherlandsNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine AzoresCanary Is.MadeiraBalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Apium graveolens, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baleares BAL
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
Denmark DEN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
Gulf States GST
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Yemen YEM
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Azores AZO
Canary Is. CNY
Libya LBY
Madeira MDR
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 54 in flower of 87 examined

Peak flowering in Jul. Each bar is the share of Apium graveolens observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 54 of 87 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 4 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 60 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Apium australe var. latisectum H.Wolff
  • Apium celleri Gaertn.
  • Apium decumbens Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Apium dulce Mill.
  • Apium graveolens f. lusitanicum (Mill.) J.Helm
  • Apium graveolens f. rapaceum (Mill.) Gaudin
  • Apium graveolens subsp. butronense (D.Gómez & G.Monts.) Aizpuru
  • Apium graveolens subsp. butronensis (D.Gómez & G.Monts.) Aizpuru
  • Apium graveolens subsp. dulce (Mill.) Schübl. & G.Martens
  • Apium graveolens subsp. rapaceum (Mill.) Schübl. & G.Martens
  • Apium graveolens subsp. rapaceum (Mill.) P.D.Sell
  • Apium graveolens var. album Alef.
  • Apium graveolens var. aromaticum Alef.
  • Apium graveolens var. bashmense Hosni
  • Apium graveolens var. bashmensis Hosni
  • Apium graveolens var. butronense D.Gómez & G.Monts.
  • Apium graveolens var. butronensis D.Gómez & G.Monts.
  • Apium graveolens var. crispum Nois.
  • Apium graveolens var. dulce (Mill.) Poir.
  • Apium graveolens var. dulce (Mill.) DC.
  • Apium graveolens var. erfurtense Alef.
  • Apium graveolens var. graveolens
  • Apium graveolens var. humile Alef.
  • Apium graveolens var. juglandinum Alef.

and 36 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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