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Cobertura limitada
perejil
Petroselinum crispum
Hierba bienal mediterránea de la familia de la zanahoria (Apiaceae), cultivada como anual por sus hojas. La llamada "oruga del perejil" — la oruga de la mariposa cola de golondrina negra (Papilio polyxenes) — se alimenta exclusivamente del follaje de las Apiaceae; plantar perejil es una de las formas más sencillas de acoger una población perenne de esta mariposa. Las variedades de hoja plana (italiana) tienen un sabor más intenso que las variedades rizadas.
Edible
Pollinator
Light
Full sun / Part sun
Water
Consistent moisture
Mature size
10-18" tall · 8" apart
Hardy in zones
Biennial in zones 4a-9b (grown as annual elsewhere)
AHS heat range
1-11
Plant range authored in AHS heat-zone terms.
Native in Illinois
No
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A documented larval host for the Black swallowtail — specialist wildlife that depend on plants like this to reproduce.
Cold hardiness
Future
This plant is grown as an annual; hardiness zones don't apply.
Heat tolerance
Future
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Appears in collections
Colección · 8 plantas
Food-forest layered edible
A vertically stacked edible polyculture: nut-bearing canopy, fruit-bearing understory, berry shrub layer, herbaceous layer, and groundcover for temperate eastern North America.
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