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Chaerophyllum hirsutum
Hairy chervil is a hardy herbaceous perennial in the carrot family, growing to about 1 m with ferny, apple-scented foliage and white umbels in May and June. It is grown mainly for its airy, cow-parsley-like flowers in naturalistic or cottage-style borders.
Chaerophyllum hirsutum, hairy chervil, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the parsley family Apiaceae.
Growing to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, this herbaceous perennial resembles cow parsley, with apple-scented ferny foliage and umbels of white flowers in May and June.
Broad Leaved Chervil · Golden Chervil · Azores Chervil · Turnip-root chervil · Chaerophyllum byzantinum · Mountain Myrrh · Chaerophyllum elegans · Chaerophyllum libanoticum · Spreading chervil · Hairyfruit chervil · Rough chervil · Chervil
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
