What is a cow's parsley?
Parsley cows are anthrriscus sylvestris, plant in the family of carrots. It is originally from Europe and mild areas of Asia, it is a perennial that costs up to 60 inches (about 1.5 m) high and has a white, lace, folded flower. Parts of the plant are edible, even if they are not particularly valued for eating, and sometimes used for dye. It was introduced in several parts of the world, including North America, New Zealand, South Georgia, parts of Africa, Greenland and Iceland.
High stems and white flowers of cow parsley are a well -known view along the roads in the UK and other parts of Europe. In addition to Krava parsley, it is also called the lace of Queen Anna, Keck and Wild Chevil. However, a flower known as the lace of Queen Anna in North America is different, albeit related, a plant. He is a member of the carrot family and may have a coil carrot root fly, making it difficult to control this garden pest.
usually cow's parsley height of 12 to 40 inches (about 30 to 100 cm) and has a long root that can bestretch up to 6.5 feet (about 2 m) below the ground. The stems are hollow and sometimes take a purple cast. It has a diameter of white, compounds, flowers measuring 8 to 24 inches (about 20 to 60 cm). The fruit is smooth and green when they are being built, brown, as they ripen.
Care must be given in the harvest of parsley to its native range, because it is very similar to the hemlock plant, the Conium Maculatum, which grows in the same area. They can be distinguished by purple spots on the stems of the hemlock plant. Hemlock also has an unpleasant and distinctive odor, unlike parsley.
The plant thrives on fertile soil, which is wet to somewhat wet. Its presence in Europe and elsewhere has increased because previously agricultural land fell out of cultivation. The parsley of cows is also a conventional moon, in mixed hedges and on the edge of the forests. The plant tolerates the semi-stem in full sun.
reproduces both from seeds and root spread, which helps him rourselves and aggressively spread in favorable areas. Cow's parsley is considered to be weeds in many areas, classified as a harmful weed of class B in Washington. Planting a cow's parsley is banned in Massachusets. Repeated cutting in one season is a good control method.