Cut-leaved celery, Small-leaved celery, Hillside celery
Ostericum grosseserratum

Family: Apiaceae

What it is like

An erect herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 70-100 cm high. It has a stout taproot. It is cylinder shaped and tapering and has lines along it. There are leaves at the base and along the stalk. These are oval or triangle shaped and have a sheath at the base of the leaf stalk. The blades are 10-16 cm long by 7-10 cm wide. They are divided 3 times. The flowers are white and in compound groups at the ends of the plant. The plant has a citrus smell when young and anise smell at maturity.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. In Sichuan.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, China, Korea, Mongolia

How it is used for food

The young plants are gathered and used as a potherb. The roots are used as ginseng.

Edible parts

Leaves

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Angelica grosseserrata Maximowicz; Angelica koreana Maxim.; Ostericum koreanum (Maxim.) Kitag.;