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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Garden Chervil
| image = Anthriscus cerefolium Kervel plant.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| subregnum = [[Tracheobionta]]
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| subclassis = [[Rosidae]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Apiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Anthriscus]]''
| species = '''''A. cerefolium'''''
| binomial = ''Anthriscus cerefolium''
| binomial_authority = (L.) Hoffm.
}}
'''Chervil''' (''Anthriscus cerefolium''), sometimes called garden chervil, is a delicate [[annual plant|annual]] [[herb]], usually used to season mild-flavoured foods such as [[poultry]], some [[seafood]]s, and young [[vegetable]]s. It is a constituent of the French herb mixture [[fines herbes]]. Some cooks refer to chervil as "gourmet's parsley." Chervil is sometimes used as a [[trap crop]] by gardeners to protect vegetable plants from slugs.
''Classification:'' Chervil is a member of the parsley or carrot family, [[Apiaceae]].
==Folklore==
Chervil had various traditional uses. Pregnant women bathed in an [[infusion]] of it; a [[lotion]] of it was used as a skin cleanser; and it was used medicinally as a [[blood]] purifier.
==Further reading==
*Howard, Michael. ''Traditional Folk Remedies'' (Century, 1987), p.118.
{{Herbs & spices}}
[[Category:Apiaceae|Chervil]]
[[Category:Herbs]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Garden Chervil
| image = Anthriscus cerefolium Kervel plant.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| subregnum = [[Tracheobionta]]
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| subclassis = [[Rosidae]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Apiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Anthriscus]]''
| species = '''''A. cerefolium'''''
| binomial = ''Anthriscus cerefolium''
| binomial_authority = (L.) Hoffm.
}}
'''Chervil''' (''Anthriscus cerefolium''), sometimes called garden chervil, is a delicate [[annual plant|annual]] [[herb]], usually used to season mild-flavoured foods such as [[poultry]], some [[seafood]]s, and young [[vegetable]]s. It is a constituent of the French herb mixture [[fines herbes]]. Some cooks refer to chervil as "gourmet's parsley." Chervil is sometimes used as a [[trap crop]] by gardeners to protect vegetable plants from slugs.
''Classification:'' Chervil is a member of the parsley or carrot family, [[Apiaceae]].
==Folklore==
Chervil had various traditional uses. Pregnant women bathed in an [[infusion]] of it; a [[lotion]] of it was used as a skin cleanser; and it was used medicinally as a [[blood]] purifier.
==Further reading==
*Howard, Michael. ''Traditional Folk Remedies'' (Century, 1987), p.118.
{{Herbs & spices}}
[[Category:Apiaceae|Chervil]]
[[Category:Herbs]]