Garden parsley is a bright green, biennial plant in temperate climates, or an annual herb in subtropical and tropical areas. Where it grows as a biennial, in the first year, it forms a rosette of tripinnate leaves 10–25 cm long with numerous 1–3 cm leaflets, and a taproot used as a food store over the winter. In the second year, it grows a flowering stem to 75 cm (30 in) tall with sparser leaves and flat-topped 3–10 cm diameter umbels with numerous 2 mm diameter yellow to yellowish-green flowers. The seeds are ovoid, 2–3 mm long, with prominent style remnants at the apex. One of the compounds of the essential oil is apiol. The plant normally dies after seed maturation. Learn more about Parsley and anise
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Parsley and Anise Species Videos
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Alexander (114 videos) | Smyrnium olusatrum | Not Available |
Anise (3 videos) | Myrrhis odorata | Not Available |
Chervil (6 videos) | Chaerophyllum tainturieri | Not Available |
Douglas' Waterhemlock (2 videos) | Cicuta douglasii | Not Available |
Eryngo (2 videos) | Eryngium creticum | Not Available |
Field Eryngo (2 videos) | Eryngium campestre | Not Available |
Norwegian Angelica (2 videos) | Angelica archangelica | Not Available |
Parsley (14 videos) | Petroselinum crispum | Not Available |
Purplestem Angelica (2 videos) | Angelica atropurpurea | Not Available |
Wild Celery (3 videos) | Apium graveolens | Least concern |
Wild Parsnip (2 videos) | Pastinaca sativa | Not Available |