Nyman ex A. W. Hill, is a biennial herb native to Europe and western Asia. Formerly known as Petroselinum hortense Hoffm. Common or curly-leaf parsley, var. Italian parsley was formerly classified as Petroselinum crispum var. Parsley is grown in the western United States, Germany, France, Hungary, and several other European countries.
Seeds are smooth, ribbed, and ovate.
The plant prefers a rich, moist soil with good drainage. Seeds germinate very slowly, and therefore a pretreatment soaking is usually employed to hasten germination. The plant can be either seeded directly or transplanted. Only a rosette of leaves is produced in the first year with a flowering stem appearing early in the second year. Several harvests a year are feasible.