Petroselinum

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Petroselinum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Petroselinum (Greek, rock-parsley). Umbel-liferae. About a half-dozen European chiefly biennial herbs, one of which is cult, for its ornamental and edible herbage. Closely allied to Carum and Apium, with the former of which it is often united and from which it is chiefly distinguished by the greenish yellow fls. and broader incised If.-segms. Lvs. ternately pinnate- compound, the segms. toothed and cut: fls. in compound umbels with few parts to the involucre and several or many parts to the involucels, the petals with incurved points: fr. ovate and compressed, glabrous. P. hortense, Hoffm. (P. salivum, Hoffm. Carum Petroselinum, Benth. & Hook. f.). Parsley (which see). Erect, 1-3 ft.: lvs. ternate-pinnate, the lfts. ovate and 3-cleft (much cut in the "curled" garden varieties), the upper ones narrower and nearly entire: fls. yellowish. Old World. — Much cult., and sometimes runs wild about plantations. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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