| Scientific Name: | Coriandrum sativum |
| Common Name: | cilantro, coriander, Chinese parsley |
| Family Name: | Apiaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (true) |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Container planting, Fragrance, Hanging basket, Herb, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Lobed, Compound, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Distinctive smell, Odd-pinnate, Orbicular, Incised, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Umbel, White, May-Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Common culinary herb with a distinct pungent aroma; leaves delicate, odd pinnate, 2-6cm long x 1-3cm wide, with 5 rounded incised leaflets, the upper flowering stem leaves are more finely divided and thread-like; inflorescence subtended by relatively large white bracts on outer margins. | |