Plant #1: Petroselinum crispum (Italian Parsley)

1. Light green

2. Palmate

3.Comes to a jagged point

4. Doubly Serrate

5.

a) half of a thumb

b) half of a thumb

6. Palmate

7. The petiole is one thumb in length

8. The venation is slightly more distinct

9. Smooth

This is a "curly-leaved" Italian parsley plant versus the other type of parsley, the Hamburg parsley, because it does not have a taproot and its leaves are not quite as large as the Hamburg. It's scientific name is petroselinum crispum meaning curly parsley and it gives off a very strong smell and is often used in cooking. Because all of it's pedicels come from a common point, it is a simple umbel and an herbaceous plant as it does not have a "woody" stem above ground. It is also a vascular plant which means that it has a vascular system to survive. An interesting fact about Parsley is that supposedly if you pluck a sprig of parsley while saying your enemy's name, it will cause the death of that enemy.