parsley

Also known as garden parsley, Petroselinum crispum

Parsley, or garden parsley (Petroselinum crispum), is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae that is native to the Balkans. It has been introduced and naturalized in Europe and elsewhere in the world with suitable climates, and is widely cultivated as a herb and a vegetable.

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Parsley is a flowering plant native to the Balkans that has spread throughout the world and is now widely grown as both a herb and vegetable. It belongs to the Apiaceae family and has become an important culinary ingredient in many cuisines.

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Species

FamilyApiaceae

Native toAlgeria, Greece, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen.

Common Name: parsley

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Key facts

Nutritional value.name: Parsley, fresh
Nutritional value.water: 88 g
Nutritional value.kJ: 151
Nutritional value.protein: 2.97 g
Nutritional value.fat: 0.79 g
Nutritional value.carbs: 6.33 g
Nutritional value.fiber: 3.3 g
Nutritional value.sugars: 0.85 g
Nutritional value.calcium_mg: 138
Nutritional value.iron_mg: 6.2
Nutritional value.magnesium_mg: 50
Nutritional value.phosphorus_mg: 58
Nutritional value.potassium_mg: 554
Nutritional value.sodium_mg: 56
Nutritional value.zinc_mg: 1.07
Nutritional value.manganese_mg: 0.16
Nutritional value.vitC_mg: 133
Nutritional value.thiamin_mg: 0.086

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Image: Petroselinum crispum - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-103.jpg

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Commons category: Petroselinum crispum
taxon name: Petroselinum crispum
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=27448
Commons gallery: Petroselinum crispum
taxon common name: navadni peteršilj
short name: P. crispum
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL: naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/speciesdescr.cfm?genus=Petroselinum&species=crispum
taxon author citation: Mill. Fuss

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Contents

Etymology
Description
Uses
Culinary
Composition
Nutritional content
Precautions
Cultivation
Cultivars
Leaf parsley
Root parsley
Gallery
See also
References
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It is believed to have been originally grown in Sardinia, and was cultivated in around the 3rd century BC. Linnaeus stated its wild habitat to be Sardinia, whence it was brought to England and apparently first cultivated in Britain in 1548, though literary evidence suggests parsley was used in England in the Middle Ages as early as the Anglo-Saxon period.