Apium graveolens is widespread and has no known present or future threats.

This species is present in temperate and subtropical regions throughout the Mediterranean, Europe, West Asia, Africa and America. Apium graveolens is common along all parts of the Mediterranean coastal strip, in the desert to the east of the Nile and in the Sinai peninsula.

Common throughout the Mediterranean region and parts of the southern Sahara.

This species is biennial and is a Hemicryptophyte. Apium graveolens is sub-spontaneous in cultivated or uncultivated soils in Italy and is found in damp places, often near the sea. The species grows in coastal salt marshes and salt springs in Corsica and Tunisia, and is cultivated in Egypt and North Africa. A. graveolens has its flowering season between April and September in Tunisia and Morocco; May and September in Italy; and May and August in Corsica.

Apium graveolens is not threatened as a species because of its widespread distribution.

The plant is known under the common name Wild Celery and the leaves, roots and seeds are edible. It is used as a condiment and has several medicinal uses, for example, reducing blood pressure or relieve indigestion (Plants For A Future 2009).

No conservation measures in place nor needed.