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Celeriac (Apium graveolens Rapaceum Group, synonyms Apium graveolens Celeriac Group and Apium graveolens var. rapaceum), [1] also called celery root, [2] knob celery, [3] and turnip-rooted celery [4] (although it is not a close relative of the turnip), is a group of cultivars of Apium graveolens cultivated for their edible bulb-like hypocotyl, and shoots.
Angelica is the Latin feminine name implying "angel-like" from the mid-16th century, probably named for the plant due to its scent. [16] Archangelica derives from "an angel of the highest order," an Old French term in the late ( 12th century ), or from the Greek word "arkhangelos" ("chief angel").
Phyllocladus, the celery pines, is a small genus of conifers, now usually placed in the family Podocarpaceae. [1] Species occur mainly in New Zealand , Tasmania , and Malesia in the Southern Hemisphere , though P. hypophyllus ranges into the Philippines , a short way north of the equator .
The function of the leaf is taken over by cladodes that look like green diamond shaped leaves, similar to the leaves of a celery plant, hence the common name “celery-top pine”. The cladodes are thick and flattened, 3–8 cm long borne spirally on green stems. The plant may bear male and female cones on the same tree or separate trees in summer.
Oshá grows in the same habitat in areas of the Mountain West of North America with poison hemlock and water hemlock, highly poisonous members of the same family.Oshá particularly resembles poison hemlock, but is easily distinguished from it by its "spicy celery" odor, hair-like material on root crowns, and dark chocolate-brown, wrinkled root skin.
Here’s what garden and patio plants you can save for next spring. As the temperatures start to drop and sweater weather arrives, you may start to look sadly at your beautiful, lush garden plants.
Celery leaves are pinnate to bipinnate with rhombic leaflets 3–6 centimetres (1– 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long and 2–4 cm (1– 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) broad. The flowers are creamy-white, 2–3 mm (3 ⁄ 32 – 1 ⁄ 8 in) in diameter, and are produced in dense compound umbels. The seeds are broad ovoid to globose, 1.5–2 mm (1 ⁄ 16 – 5 ⁄ 64 ...