Smyrnium olusatrum - Alexanders

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) is a biennial herb naturalised on hedges and waste ground near the sea across the Mediterranean, with edible leaves, shoots, stems, flower buds, seeds, and root, all with a celery-like flavour.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹

Type

• Herb
• Biennial

Functions

• Attracting bees¹

Footnotes

1. Smyrnium olusatrum | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰