| Family | APIACEAE |
| Genus species | Niphogeton ternatus (Willd. ex Schult.) Mathias & Constance |
| Bibliography | Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 23: 409 (1951) |
| Native Range | nw. Venezuela to Ecuador |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2500-4500m |
| Description | leaves alternate, petiolate, ternate, glabrous, thick, leaflets obovate-cuneate, trifid, lobes acute, entire, umbels terminal, composite, pedunculate, 3-7-radiate |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Apium montanum Kunth Apium montanum ssp. ranunculifolium (Kunth) Kunth ex Drude Apium ranunculifolium Kunth Apium ternatum (Willd. ex Schult.) Thell. Apium ternatum var. genuinum H.Wolff Apium ternatum var. ranunculifolium (Kunth) Thell. Laserpitium ternatum Willd. ex Spreng. Ligusticum montanum (Kunth) Spreng. Ligusticum ternatum Willd. ex Schult. Niphogeton ternatus var. orientalis Mathias & Constance Oreosciadium montanum (Kunth) Wedd. Oreosciadium montanum var. ranunculifolum (Kunth) Wedd. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador) |