Morphological characteristics of celery-stem celery
Herb, 5~ 15 cm high, with creeping stems, developed walking stems, slender stems, creeping to the ground and taking root step by step.
leaf
Perennial leaves are fleshy, nearly round or kidney-shaped, with V-shaped notches. The leaves are 2~3 cm long and 1.8~2.5 cm wide, with 5~7 cleft edges, and the lobes have obtuse serrations with roughly equal depth. The base is heart-shaped, palmately veined, with 7-9 hairs.
The petiole is 5~ 15 cm long and densely pilose on the stalk; Stipules membranous, obtuse or lobed at the top, 0. 1~0.2 cm long.
flower
Flowers are winding inflorescences scattered in the axils of leaves. Peduncle longer than petiole, 5~ 15 cm long, pilose. There are 18~26 flowers in the cluster, forming a spherical head. The pedicel is very short, with a length of 0. 1~0. 15 cm, and there are membranous, ovoid or obovate small total bracts at the base of the pedicel. Calyx-free teeth; Petals, acuminate, white or milky white; The style swells when it is young, bends outward after flowering, and the base protrudes. The flowering and fruiting period is from April to165438+1October.
fruit
The fruit is free, with a length of 0. 12~0. 15 cm, a width of 0. 1~0. 12, oblate, heart-shaped and smooth at the base. Mature often yellow-brown, with prominent middle and trailing edges. There are two antenna-shaped styles at the top of the fruit.