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Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District Common Hedge
Parsley (Field Hedge
Parsley) The non-native (European) Common Hedge Parsley is uncommon in our area. It prefers partial sun to shady areas, slightly moist to dry conditions, and a rather heavy soil. It is a spring annual that becomes about 2' tall, branching occasionally with slender, round stems with fine white hairs. The alternate leaves are pinnately or bipinnately compound with a triangular shape in outline and a fern-like appearance, up to 6" long and 4" across. The leaflets are trifoliate with short white hairs. The upper stems terminate in compound umbels of small white flowers on long naked stalks. Each compound umbel is about 2–3" across, consisting of about 8 umbellets having about 8 tiny 5-petaled white flowers about 1/8" across.
Common Hedge Parsley at Richard Young Forest Preserve July 3, 2013
Common Hedge Parsley foliage at Richard Young Forest Preserve July 3, 2013
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