Although water celery is called a "vegetable", it is actually just a wild vegetable that grows in moist places such as ravines and riverbanks. It is called water celery because it looks very similar to celery and has a similar aroma. Irrigation ditches crisscross the fields around my hometown, and they are filled with water celery growing in clusters. During the busy farming season, in order to ensure the smooth flow of ditches, the village will organize people to remove water celery, but this does not mean that there will be no water celery in the ditch. Once the busy farming season is over, there is very little water in the ditches, and people no longer pay attention to the ditches at this time, so the water celery will grow quickly.

Water celery is different from true celery. Real celery is a fibrous root, while water celery is a stem root. It grows vigorously in the mud at the bottom of the ditch. It is very tall and grows so densely that people can’t even tell that it is a ditch below. Still flat ground.