Bernice Puahi Bishop Museum · CC BY-NC · GBIF · full resolution
Apium prostratum
Sea Celery
As recorded: Apium australe Thouars
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Apiales › Apiaceae
- Collected by
- Melville, R.; Melville, E.F.E.F. Melville →R. Melville →
- Collector number
- 5829
- Date
- July 1, 1962
- Locality
- Mouth of the Iron Gate Stream, 10 miles N of Kaikoura, Kaikoura Co., Marlborough
- Region
- New Zealand
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Apium prostratum observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1962. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,872 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.

2026-10-28
Blackwell Dr, Great Barrier Island, Auckland, NZ
(c) nz-flora, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25
Glenburn 5883, New Zealand
(c) ellabella, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25
Whiritoa, New Zealand
(c) Thomas Simpson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-22
Alexandra, Otago, NZ
(c) Liadan Dickie, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-22
Point Lonsdale Rd, Point Lonsdale, VIC, AU
(c) brontree, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-21
Rahotu, New Zealand
(c) takutai_whenua, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Apium prostratum. BISH 435449. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956311007. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/435449.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956311007 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
