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Petroselinum crispum

(Mill.) Fuss (1866)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Apiales Family: Apiaceae Genus: Petroselinum

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Plants 3–13 dm tall.

Stems: Caulescent, branched, glabrous.

Roots: Taprooted.

Leaves: Leaves compound (ternate–pinnately or pinnately decompound). Alternate. Blades deltate, leaflets ovate–lanceolate to linear, 2–5 cm long, 1–4 cm wide, distinct. Margins toothed or lobed. Petioles sheathing; 1–2 dm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in peduncles 3–8 cm long, involucre of a few inconspicuous, rays 10–20, subequal to unequal, 1–5 cm long.entire bracts or absent. pedicels 2–5 mm long, involucel of 5–6 linear, acute, entire bractlets shorter than the the flowers. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx (sepals) absent. Corolla of 5 petals; petals pale yellow or greenish yellow, obovate, with a narrower inflexed apex. Stamens 5, inserted on an epigynous disk. Ovary inferior, 2-celled; ovules 1 per cells, anatropous; styles 2, usually swollen at base into a stylopodium. Styles short, spreading, the stylopodium low-conical; carpophore 2–parted to the base or cleft to the middle.

Fruit: Fruit ovoid–oblong; 2–4 mm long; 1–3 mm wide; weakly compressed laterally; glabrous; ribs prominent; filiform; vittae solitary in the intervals; 2 on the commissure; mericarps readily separating. Seeds 1 per mericarp; embryo small; endosperm cartilaginous. seed face plane.

Ploidy: 2n = 22

Habitat:

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Only found in cultivation
Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • Description digitized by Pumehana Imada
  • Native to southern Europe; in Hawai‘i cultivated and naturalized.

Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Transsilv.: 254 (1866)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:207 (K, O, M, H); Staples & Herbst 2005:112 (KEY), 115 (DESCR); Faccenda, Arthur, et al. 2025:154 (remove K, O [no evidence of nat.])

Wagner, W. L., Herbst, D. R., & Sohmer, S. H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, Vols. 1 and 2 (No. Edn 2). University of Hawai'i and Bishop Museum Press.

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Petroselinum crispum East Maui, Gulch between Kanaio and Auwahi Locally common. Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 3188 Maui BISH 1985-03-11
2 Petroselinum crispum Koloa District, Kalaheo. Kikala road. Honua Farms (Emrick residence) Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 1950 Kauai BISH 1986-11-17
3 Petroselinum crispum Above Puu Kawaiwai, Kohala Abundantly naturalized on dry weedy slope with scattered small trees. Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 42125 Hawaii BISH 1961-09-10
4 Petroselinum crispum District of N Kona; Mamalahoa Hwy near mi 28; Kaupulehu Preserve Uncommon and found only in southern quarter of preserve. Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 2279 Hawaii BISH 1987-08-05
5 Petroselinum crispum Kula, Kekaulike Ave. ca. 500 m NE of its intersection with Kula Hwy Roadside weed growing from gravel on roadside Preserved_Specimen Faccenda, K. 2801 Maui BISH 2022-10-26
6 Petroselinum crispum District of N Kona; Mamalahoa Hwy near mi 28; Kaupulehu Preserve Uncommon and found only in southern quarter of preserve. Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 2279 Hawaii BISH 1987-08-05
7 Petroselinum crispum Along Hawi road ca. 3 mi from Kamuela Naturalized and common in rocky sunny gulch. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 21811 Hawaii BISH 1952-02-08
8 Petroselinum crispum Honolulu, Foster Botanic Garden Grown in full sun in a garden plot. Preserved_Specimen Lau, J. 1759 Oahu BISH 1985-12-23
9 Petroselinum crispum Honolulu, Foster Botanic Garden Grown in full sun in a garden plot. Preserved_Specimen Lau, J. 1700 Oahu BISH 1985-12-02
10 Petroselinum crispum Hamakua Dist.; Pohakuloa Training Area, along Saddle Road Between the 30 & 45 mile markers & within 60' of road. Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. Hawaii BISH 1990-12-13
11 Petroselinum crispum Near Waikii; Saddle Rd Beneath Eucalyptus, through pastureland. Preserved_Specimen Stemmermann, R.L. 7167 Hawaii BISH 1987-06-28
12 Petroselinum crispum Waimea, S Kohala Small local patches, by race track. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 2314 Hawaii BISH 1938-06-11
13 Petroselinum crispum [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; O`ahu; Hawai`i; Honolulu] Preserved_Specimen Bryan, W.A. Oahu BISH
14 Petroselinum crispum W Maui, Wainee Gulch Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 74 Maui BISH 1910-05-01
15 Petroselinum crispum Along Saddle road above Waikii Preserved_Specimen Clarke, G. 431 Hawaii BISH 1980-06-03
16 Petroselinum crispum W Maui, Wainee Gulch Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 74 Maui BISH 1910-05-01
17 Petroselinum crispum Captain Cook; Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens Abandoned coffee plantation at one side of Garden; beneath trees in yard of house. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 9318 Hawaii BISH 1991-01-12
18 Petroselinum crispum Along Piilani Hwy near Ulupalakua Naturalized, occasional. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 1987 Maui BISH 1971-07-09
19 Petroselinum crispum BYU campus, Laie; Married Student Housing Farm Preserved_Specimen Gilmore, M.A. 10024 Oahu BISH 1977-03-31
20 Petroselinum crispum East Maui, Auwahi, S slope of Haleakala Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2006 Maui BISH 1920-03-18
21 Petroselinum crispum Off of N Kohala Rd. at Acacia koaia Sanctuary, Dept. of Forestry Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 5284 Hawaii BISH 1984-02-28
22 Petroselinum crispum Maui, Hawaii, United States OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 3/25/2007
23 Petroselinum crispum Along Saddle Road abouve Waikii Along roadside. Preserved_Specimen Clarke, G. 431 Hawaii BISH 1980-06-03
24 Petroselinum crispum Saddle Road, western end Common weed of moist roadsides. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5166 Hawaii BISH 1975-01-16
25 Petroselinum crispum 96815, Honolulu, HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 10/18/2007
26 Petroselinum crispum East Maui, Gulch between Kanaio and Auwahi Locally common. Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 3188 Maui BISH 1985-03-11
27 Petroselinum crispum Koloa District, Kalaheo. Kikala road. Honua Farms (Emrick residence) Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 1950 Kauai BISH 1986-11-17
28 Petroselinum crispum Above Puu Kawaiwai, Kohala Abundantly naturalized on dry weedy slope with scattered small trees. Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 42125 Hawaii BISH 1961-09-10
29 Petroselinum crispum District of N Kona; Mamalahoa Hwy near mi 28; Kaupulehu Preserve Uncommon and found only in southern quarter of preserve. Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 2279 Hawaii BISH 1987-08-05
30 Petroselinum crispum Kula, Kekaulike Ave. ca. 500 m NE of its intersection with Kula Hwy Roadside weed growing from gravel on roadside Preserved_Specimen Faccenda, K. 2801 Maui BISH 2022-10-26
31 Petroselinum crispum District of N Kona; Mamalahoa Hwy near mi 28; Kaupulehu Preserve Uncommon and found only in southern quarter of preserve. Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 2279 Hawaii BISH 1987-08-05
32 Petroselinum crispum Along Hawi road ca. 3 mi from Kamuela Naturalized and common in rocky sunny gulch. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 21811 Hawaii BISH 1952-02-08
33 Petroselinum crispum Honolulu, Foster Botanic Garden Grown in full sun in a garden plot. Preserved_Specimen Lau, J. 1759 Oahu BISH 1985-12-23
34 Petroselinum crispum Honolulu, Foster Botanic Garden Grown in full sun in a garden plot. Preserved_Specimen Lau, J. 1700 Oahu BISH 1985-12-02
35 Petroselinum crispum Hamakua Dist.; Pohakuloa Training Area, along Saddle Road Between the 30 & 45 mile markers & within 60' of road. Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. Hawaii BISH 1990-12-13
36 Petroselinum crispum Near Waikii; Saddle Rd Beneath Eucalyptus, through pastureland. Preserved_Specimen Stemmermann, R.L. 7167 Hawaii BISH 1987-06-28
37 Petroselinum crispum Waimea, S Kohala Small local patches, by race track. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 2314 Hawaii BISH 1938-06-11
38 Petroselinum crispum [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; O`ahu; Hawai`i; Honolulu] Preserved_Specimen Bryan, W.A. Oahu BISH
39 Petroselinum crispum W Maui, Wainee Gulch Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 74 Maui BISH 1910-05-01
40 Petroselinum crispum Along Saddle road above Waikii Preserved_Specimen Clarke, G. 431 Hawaii BISH 1980-06-03
41 Petroselinum crispum W Maui, Wainee Gulch Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 74 Maui BISH 1910-05-01
42 Petroselinum crispum Captain Cook; Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens Abandoned coffee plantation at one side of Garden; beneath trees in yard of house. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 9318 Hawaii BISH 1991-01-12
43 Petroselinum crispum Along Piilani Hwy near Ulupalakua Naturalized, occasional. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 1987 Maui BISH 1971-07-09
44 Petroselinum crispum BYU campus, Laie; Married Student Housing Farm Preserved_Specimen Gilmore, M.A. 10024 Oahu BISH 1977-03-31
45 Petroselinum crispum East Maui, Auwahi, S slope of Haleakala Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2006 Maui BISH 1920-03-18
46 Petroselinum crispum Off of N Kohala Rd. at Acacia koaia Sanctuary, Dept. of Forestry Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 5284 Hawaii BISH 1984-02-28
47 Petroselinum crispum Maui, Hawaii, United States OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 3/25/2007
48 Petroselinum crispum Along Saddle Road abouve Waikii Along roadside. Preserved_Specimen Clarke, G. 431 Hawaii BISH 1980-06-03
49 Petroselinum crispum Saddle Road, western end Common weed of moist roadsides. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5166 Hawaii BISH 1975-01-16
50 Petroselinum crispum 96815, Honolulu, HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 10/18/2007
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