![[Photo: Coriandrum sativum in bloom (with Symphyotrichum novi-belgii (mauve flowers)).]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-hBz_LqaoImiPL1gbrTFR5pfgxaa66InHa7HgHbiqs5S0Oj07yVbCsQBCBLJb3aMqYVkh813yKiCnDaGT6e3ic7_6dvZg0Fsfdo3EYva4fBHeHxIfY_wTNhj1gf5GSJbpK1-tDhZ8mQ/s1600-h/Coriandrum+sativum.jpg)
Coriandrum sativum, known in English as "cilantro", "Chinese parsley", or "coriander", and in French as coriandre, is an annual herb native to southwest Asia and north Africa. Its leaves are deliciously (or revoltingly, to some people) fragrant, and its seeds are an important ingredient in Indian cooking. By the time it bolts, like in this photo, the leaves are no longer good for eating, but the delicate flowers are pretty and there are the seeds to look forward to. I find that cilantro self-seeds to some extent.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Coriandrum sativum: flowers
Coriandrum sativum, known in English as "cilantro", "Chinese parsley", or "coriander", and in French as coriandre, is an annual herb native to southwest Asia and north Africa. Its leaves are deliciously (or revoltingly, to some people) fragrant, and its seeds are an important ingredient in Indian cooking. By the time it bolts, like in this photo, the leaves are no longer good for eating, but the delicate flowers are pretty and there are the seeds to look forward to. I find that cilantro self-seeds to some extent.
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