Apium nodiflorum
Knotenblütiger celery
The Knotenblütige celery ( Apium nodiflorum ) is a flowering plant in the carrot family ( Apiaceae ). It is widespread in Eurasia and North Africa.
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Description
Vegetative characteristics
The Knotenblütige Celery grows as a deciduous, perennial herbaceous plant, reaching heights of growth of usually 30 to 60 (10 to 100) centimeters. The prostrate or ascending stems arching can form roots at its base, is bald and smells when crushed aromatic. The pinnate leaves are ovate to lanceolate in outline with evenly notched blade sections.
Generative features
Journal Opposite are seated until shortly stalked doppeldoldige inflorescences containing many flowers. The inflorescence has 3-15 umbel rays. There are no available up to two bracts. The four to six Hüllchen have a white skin edge. The flowers are fünfzählig. The slit fruit is longer than it is wide with a length of 1.5 to 2.5 millimeters.
Ecology
The Knotenblütige celery is a hydrophyte and Hemikryptophyt.
It comes from insect pollination and self-pollination.
Occurrence
The distribution area of Knotenblütigen celery includes North Africa, the Mediterranean, Europe and the western part of Asia.
It grows in scattered Germany in Baden- Württemberg, Hesse and Rhineland- Palatinate. Also in North Rhine -Westphalia he comes, albeit rare,. In the past, there was also a population in Bienitz near Leipzig in Saxony.
The Knotenblütige celery prefers wet, nutrient-rich often saline ditches and Röhrichtsäume of streams.
Endangering
In Germany the Knotenblütige celery is considered endangered.
Taxonomy
The first publication was in 1753 under the name ( basionym ) Sium nodiflorum by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum, p 251 The recombination to Apium nodiflorum (L.) Lag was published by Mariano Lagasca y Segura. Another synonym for Apium nodiflorum (L.) Lag is Helosciadium nodiflorum (L.) WDJKoch.
Trivial names
Are for these species and there was, in part only regionally, even the trivial name Bach hops ( Henneberg ), Resepastinak, disc ring, sump screen ( Westphalia ), Small Water Watch and cherries.