Apium repens (Jacq) Lag. Creeping Marshwort
NOMENCLATURE
Apium : see A. gravolens.
repens : creeping
Marshwort : ref. to habitat.
Bio Lib (CZK) Picture Link to Apium repens
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
TYPE : slender, perennial. Hel. STEMS : creeping stems, rooting at node.
UMBELS : compound, 4-7 sub-smooth rays, 3cm. Peduncle
2-3 x > than rays. Leaf opposed. Hermph.
LEAVES : simple pinnate, 2-11 pair of suborbicular, shallow lobed,
or toothed, sessile lobes 5-14mm.
BRACTS : 3-7, lanceolate to ovate, deflexed. Bracteoles same, < than flrs.
FLOWERS : white. Styles form stylopodium. Fl.7.
FRUIT : 1mm, suborbicular, wider than long. Laterally compressed, smooth. Commisure
narrow. Mericarps with prominent slender ribs, carpophore present. Vittae solitary.
Pedicels 1-2mm. Styles x2 > as stylopodium. recurved. Stigma a small knob. 2n=16.
HABITAT : old damp meadows, ditches, shallow ponds.
DISTRIBUTION : native. Local. 4 locations in Oxf. often uncertain, due to
close resemblance to A.nodiflorum varieties. Mainly C. Europe.
BSBI Distribution Map for Apium repens (UK)
HYBRIDS: Sometimes of A. nodiflorum x A.repens, where parents grow
together, persists in absence of A. repens. Sterile.
EXTERNAL LINKS FOR Apium repens
These links to trusted websites and institutions may provide in depth or additional information regards cultivation, chemistry, edibility, images etc. for the species. Links last updated Aug 2012.
Bio Info (UK) Rare Plants Group (UK)
BSBI Archive (UK)
English Nature (UK)
Bio Images (UK)
'Online Guide To Umbelliferae Of The British Isles' Compiled By J.M.Burton 2002.