Ridge-fruited celery
Pleurospermum camtschaticum

Family: Apiaceae

What it is like

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1-2 m high. The stems are 2-3 cm across. They have lines of stiff hairs and are ridged. The leaves are oval or triangle shaped and 15-30 cm long and wide. They are divided 3 times. The end segments are 2-6 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. They have lobes and teeth. The flowers are in groups 10-20 cm across at the end of branches.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. It grows in the shade of forests.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, China, Japan, Siberia

How it is used for food

The young plants are gathered in spring and washed, drained, chopped with onion and seasoned with soysauce and eaten in salads.

Edible parts

Root, leaves

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Pleuropsermum uralense auctt. non Hoffman;