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Helosciadium nodiflorum kz20
Helosciadium nodiflorum kz02
Helosciadium nodiflorum kz03
Wild Celery - Helosciadium nodiflorum

Wild celery

αγριοσέλλινο

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Scientific Name:  Helosciadium nodiflorum (Apium nodiflorum)

other names: Αρκοσέλλενον, Fool’s Watercress, European Parsley

AVAILABLE: JAN-APR

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Description

  • grows in damp places, shaded valleys and near streams and rivers
  • glossy odd-pinnate leaflets in rows, one at tip leaves, with 4-6 opposite pairs of ovate egg-shaped, narrow at base to lanceolate pointed at both ends, serrate teeth forward-pointing leaflets, slightly paler green on the underside
  • white flowers in umbrella-shaped clusters

preparation

  1. pick tender stems and leaves for salad
  2. steam or boil or add to dishes for a celery flavour

extra info

Apium graveolens the celery we buy in shops used to include Apium nodiflorum in the genus. Helosciadium nodiflorum is the correct taxonomy.

In Greece, the name αγριοσέλινο refers to Smyrnium olusatrum also present in Cyprus.

Also available in

December

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