Parsley Italian Flat Leaf
Petroselinum crispum
The story
Centuries ago, garden parsley began its journey in the central Mediterranean and the Balkans. Over time, this member of the Apiaceae family traveled far beyond its native southern European and North African home, becoming naturalized across Europe and widely embraced by diverse cultures worldwide.
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- Family
- Apiaceae
How to use it
This species is widely cultivated globally for practical use as a culinary herb, a spice, and a vegetable.
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In the kitchen
This plant is widely cultivated to be used in the kitchen as a herb, a spice, and a vegetable.
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About
Parsley or garden parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the central Mediterranean region (southern Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Malta, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia), naturalized elsewhere in Europe, and widely cultivated as a herb, a spice, and a vegetable.
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Parsley Italian Flat Leaf
- Slug
- parsley-italian-flat-leaf
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Petroselinum
- Species
- crispum
- Category
- Herb
- Wikidata QID
- Q25284
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 48
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