Native to the central Mediterranean region (southern Italy, Algeria and Tunisia), naturalized throughout Europe, parsley has been cultivated for more than three hundred years, being one of the most popular aromatic herbs of the world gastronomy.
Parsley
Petroselinum crispum
It is a biennial plant that, in the first year, forms a rosette of divided leaves, reaches 10 to 25 cm in height and has stalk that can exceed 60 cm, with florifers of 1 to 3 cm and a tuber used as a reserve for winter. In the second year, develops a flower stalk up to 75 cm high with sparse leaves and a flat top umbela with a diameter of 3 to 10 cm, with several yellowish-green flowers of 2 mm in diameter. The seeds are ovoids from 2 to 3mm. The plant usually dies after ripening the seeds.
Parsley, is a medicinal plant widely used in the treatment of kidney diseases such as urinary tract infection and kidney stones, and in the treatment of problems such as intestinal gas, constipation and fluid retention.
Both its leaves and its seeds and roots are used to make natural remedies, and can be used as a seasoning in cooking.