Apium virus Y sea celery ("Apium prostratum"), cilantro ("Coriandrum sativum"), and bishop’s weed ("Ammi majus"). In Germany it has recently been found naturally infecting celeriac or celery root. All are members of the plant family "Apiaceae". Symptoms reported included mosaic, vein clearing or banding, necrotic/chlorotic line patterns and stunting. Some samples of parsley, celery and poison hemlock, that gave positive results in tests, however, were asymptomatic. In host range studies, the virus causes local lesions on "Chenopodium quinoa" and "C. amaraticolor" ("Amaranthaceae"). Apium virus Y "Apium virus Y" (ApVY) is a plant pathogenic virus in the genus "Potyvirus" and the virus family "Potyviridae".
Celery stronger taste and smell compared to other cultivars. It is used as a flavoring in soups and sometimes pickled as a side dish. The wild form of celery is known as "smallage". It has a furrowed stalk with wedge-shaped leaves, the whole plant having a coarse, earthy taste, and a distinctive smell. The stalks are not usually eaten (except in soups or stews in French cuisine), but the leaves may be used in salads, and its seeds are those sold as a spice. With cultivation and blanching, the stalks lose their acidic qualities and assume the mild, sweetish, aromatic taste