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".
Heracleum maximum yellow dye can be made from the roots. Cow parsnip is a valuable pasture plant for cows, sheep, and goats. It is also known to be important in the diets of numerous wild animals, especially bears, both grizzly bears and black bears. Heracleum maximum Heracleum maximum, commonly known as cow parsnip, is the only member of the genus "Heracleum" native to North America. "H. maximum" is also known as Indian celery, Indian rhubarb or pushki. Cow parsnip is a tall herbaceous plant reaching heights of over . The genus name "Heracleum" (from Heracles) refers to the very large size of