Plants c. I m tall, glabrous, branched. Leaves pinnate; leaflets 1-6 cm long, oval to obovate, usually 3-lobed, sinuate to entire. Peduncle c. cm long or lack¬ing. Bracts and bractlets lacking. Rays 2-10. Calyx teeth minute. Carpophore bifid. Fruit ovoid to suborbicular, 1-1.5 mm long, I-1.2 mm broad; ridges prominent; furrows 1-vittate; commissure 2-vittate.

Fl. Per. March to July.

Distribution: Cosmopolitan plant.

Wild celery has a wide distribution from the plains to 2000 m and it often grows near water. The fruit contains volatile oil and proteins. It is cultivated as a vegetable.