| Scientific Name: | Petroselinum crispum |
| Common Name: | parsley |
| Family Name: | Apiaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Biennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Bedding plant, Container planting, Herb, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Lustrous, Tripinnate, Deltoid, Serrate, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Umbel, Green-yellow, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Achene, Schizocarp, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Scented annual; leaves alternate, compound, tri-pinnate, blade 5-15cm long x 2-7cm wide, petiole 5-20cm long, serrate margins, leaflets deltoid and +/- curling; stem with swollen nodes and vertical stripes. | |