Ciclospermum leptophyllum is worthy of note that this plant (in common with others of the genus) is sometimes acrid and injurious when grown in damp soils. It is, doubtless, capable of much improvement by careful cultivation. This plant is not endemic in Australia." Ciclospermum leptophyllum Ciclospermum leptophyllum (also, "Cyclospermum l.") is a species of plant in the celery family known by the common names marsh parsley, slender celery and fir-leaved celery. This is a plant found worldwide at warm temperate to tropical latitudes and is considered a noxious weed in many areas. It is a taprooted branching herb reaching just over half
Celery muddy soils. It cannot be found in Austria and is increasingly rare in Germany. First attested in English in 1664, the word "celery" derives from the French "céleri", in turn from Italian "seleri", the plural of "selero", which comes from Late Latin "selinon", the latinisation of the , "celery". The earliest attested form of the word is the Mycenaean Greek "se-ri-no", written in Linear B syllabic script. Celery was described by Carl Linnaeus in Volume One of his "Species Plantarum" in 1753. The plants are raised from seed, sown either in a hot bed or in the open garden according