Slim-lobe Celery

Slim-lobe Celery

Common name: Slim-lobe Celery

Latin name: Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers) Sprague ex Britton & P. Wilson

Family: Apiaceae

Life Cycle: Annual

Type: Broadleaf

Description: Winter annual with glabrous leaves that are highly variable in shape, which makes the fruit and flowers extremely important for identification. Lower leaves can be wide while uppermost leaves can be very narrow. Tiny white flowers occur in axillary umbels while fruits are egg-shaped schizocarps.

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