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Petroselinum crispum (Miller) A.W. Hill, Hand-List Herb. Pl. Kew, ed. 3, 122. 1925. Mansfeld, Fedde, Repert. Sp. Nov. 46: 307. 1939; Hiroe, l.c.; Tutin, l.c. 352.
Apium crispum Mill.Apium petroselinum Linn.Carum petroselinum (L.) Benth.Petroselinum hortense Hoffm.Petroselinum sativum Hoffm.
Plants c. 1 m tall. Leaves petiolate, 2-3-pinnate; segments linear to lanceo¬late or oval, 1-3 cm long. Peduncles 3-15 cm long. Involucre of 1-3 linear bracts or lacking. Rays 10-20, subequal, up to 2.5 cm long. Involucel of 5-6 linear bractlets, shorter than the flowering umbellet. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals green¬ish. Fruit ovoid, 2.5-3 mm long.
Type: Described from Sardinia, Italy.
Distribution: A cosmopolitan plant.
Parsley is a cultivated plant used for its edible foliage.
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