#wild chervil

• Cow parsley — A popular Romanian name assigned to a wild herbaceous plant in the umbellifer family (Anthriscus sylvestris), related to garden chervil but larger in size with rougher leaves; it grows spontaneously at forest edges, roadsides, or wet meadows and, despite resembling aromatic herbs, has low culinary value and is sometimes considered an invasive weed.
• Cow parsley — A popular name attributed to a wild herbaceous plant of the umbellifer family, resembling cultivated chervil in appearance but having larger dimensions, rigid stems, and a harsh, unpleasant aroma; it grows spontaneously on roadsides, in ditches, ruins, or uncultivated lands, often considered a weed in agriculture and associated in empirical phytotherapy with certain external remedies.
• Wild chervil — A common name for several plant species in the Apiaceae family (such as Anthriscus sylvestris or Chaerophyllum temulum) that grow freely in nature; although it strikingly resembles the chervil used as a seasoning, it has a much stronger taste and rougher leaves. Some varieties can be toxic, which is why gathering it from wild flora requires a very rigorous botanical identification.