Tuberous chervil
Chaerophyllum bulbosum · Carrot family
Plant portrait
Finely divided foliage accompanies a short swollen vegetable root.
Harvested part
The cultivated root; the leaves are not the edible part.
What to watch for
Follow foliage on labelled plants; the model cannot identify wild members of the carrot family.
Growth stages of the tuberous chervil
Plotilo illustrates the tuberous chervil in 5 stages in 3D: seed, small sprout, young plant, growing and harvest. The models show typical shapes; they do not predict how long growth takes.
- Seed
Starting from a seed. It is shown on the surface to make it visible in this illustration.
- Small sprout
A short first stem and its first small leaves emerge.
- Young plant
The young plant carries more leaves and starts to take its own shape.
- Growing
Leaves and stems develop. Their shape depends on the species.
- Harvest
An illustration of the harvested part. Roots are made visible for clarity; this image does not confirm actual maturity.
Same botanical family
Same botanical family as the tuberous chervil (the carrot family): the carrot, the parsnip, the celery, the Florence fennel and the Hamburg parsley. Gardeners usually avoid growing the same family in the same spot several years in a row: that is the idea behind crop rotation.