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Chaerophyllum bulbosum is a species of flowering plant from the carrot family and known by several common names, including turnip-rooted chervil, tuberous-rooted chervil, bulbous chervil, and parsnip chervil. It is native to Europe and Western Asia. It was a popular vegetable in the 19th century. This is a tall annual herb with fringelike divided leaves and large umbels of white flowers. The plant is cultivated on a small scale in parts of Europe for the edible tubers, which look like a dark gray carrot with yellowish-white flesh. After the harvest they are stored for a few months under cold conditions. During storage, sugar content increases through hydrolysis of starch by amylases.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Biennial, Perennial
- Genus
- Chaerophyllum
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 5-7
- Mature Height
- 0.91 m to 2.13 m
- Mature Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cm
- Leaf Color
- Dark Green
- Leaf Type
- Semi-evergreen
- Flower Color
- White
- Flower Size
- 0.51 cm
- Bloom Time
- Early summer, Mid summer
- Planting Time
- Spring, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Late summer, Early fall
- Native Area
- Turkey, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Armenia, Poland, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia, Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Russia, Lithuania, Hungary, Germany, Switzerland, Estonia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Romania, Latvia, Moldova, Turkmenistan, France
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Turnip-root chervil en Bulbous chervil en Parsnip chervil en Tuberous chervil en Turnip-rooted chervil en Tuberous-rooted Chervil
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