![Parsley Piert plant (Aphanes arvensis) showing the young plant and its leaves.](./Images/<div style="max-width:360px;">"../imageswild//parsley-piert.png" width="500" height="442" alt="Parsley Piert plant (Aphanes arvensis) showing the young plant and its leaves."</div>)
The image, above, shows the full parsley-piert plant (Aphanesarvensis), left, with maturing seeds. The top, centre, image
shows the flower heads and the top, right, image shows the
maturing seed heads. Bottom right, the edible leaves and leaf
petioles (stems) are shown..
| Common Name: Parsley-piert |
| Scientific Name: Rumex alpinus |
| Other Names: Parsley Breakstone, Colicwort, Parsley Piercestone, Field Lady's Mantle, Field Parsley Piert |
| Family: Rosaceae |
| Range: Most of Europe, including Britain, east to Iran in W. Asia. |
Physical Characteristics
Aphanes arvensis is a hardy Annual plant, growing to 10cm (4 in) by 20cm (8 in) in size. It is hardy to zone 4 and is not frost tender. The plant flowers from April to October and seeds ripen from July to Novemnber. The flowers are hermaphrodite and are self pollinated.
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| Edible Parts: Leaves |
 Edibility Rating: 2 
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 Known Hazards: None Known.
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Welcome to the summary page for FabulousFusionFood's Wild Food guide to Parsley Piert along with all the Parsley Piert containing recipes presented on this site, with 0 recipes in total.
This is a continuation of an entire series of pages that will, I hope, allow my visitors to better navigate this site. As well as displaying recipes by name, country and region of origin I am now planning a whole series of pages where recipes can be located by meal type and main ingredient. This page gives a listing of all the Cornish recipes added to this site.
These recipes, all contain Parsley Piert as a major wild food ingredient.
The Parsley Piert Aphanes arvensis (also known as parsley breakstone, colicwort, parsley piercestone, field lady's mantle, field parsley piert) is a slender, annual, prostrate herb that's a member of the Rosaceae (rose) family. They normally grow no more than 5cm tall, are much-branched with deeply lobed leaves and are covered in short hairs. Their tiny green to yellow flowers without petals grow in clusters in the denticulate leaflike stipules. The plant's name probably derives from a corruption of perce-pierre (ie a plant that breaks through stony ground). It is native to Europe and the Near East and prefers arable and dry stony ground and old walls.
It has long been used in folk medicine, being commonly employed to rid the body of stones in the kidney or bladder and has become a highly respected herb in modern herbalism for the treatment of kidney stones. It is astringent in taste, but the young leaves can be used sparingly in a salad. Most commonly, however, the leaves were picked and pickled in vinegar for winter use. It is seldom used or gathered these days.
[2]. Huxley, A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992
[3]. Tanaka, T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World.
[4]. Lim T.K. Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants, Vols 1–8.
[5]. Thomas, G. S. Perennial Garden Plants
[6]. Milner, E. Trees of Britain and Ireland
[7]. Rose, F. & O'Reilly, C. The Wild Flower Key (Revised Edition) – How to identify wild plants, trees and shrubs in Britain and Ireland
[8]. Streeter, D. & Garrard, I. The Wild Flowers of the British Isles
[9]. Clapham, A.R.; Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M. Flora of the British Isles
[10]. Phillips, R. Mushrooms
[10]. Phillips, R. Mushrooms
[11]. Jordan, P. & Wheeler, S. The Complete Book of Mushrooms: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Edible Mushrooms
[12]. Bunker, F.; Brodie, J.A.; Maggs, C.A. & Bunker, A. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland.
[13]. Facciola, S. Cornucopia — A Source Book of Edible Plants
This is a continuation of an entire series of pages that will, I hope, allow my visitors to better navigate this site. As well as displaying recipes by name, country and region of origin I am now planning a whole series of pages where recipes can be located by meal type and main ingredient. This page gives a listing of all the Cornish recipes added to this site.
These recipes, all contain Parsley Piert as a major wild food ingredient.
The Parsley Piert Aphanes arvensis (also known as parsley breakstone, colicwort, parsley piercestone, field lady's mantle, field parsley piert) is a slender, annual, prostrate herb that's a member of the Rosaceae (rose) family. They normally grow no more than 5cm tall, are much-branched with deeply lobed leaves and are covered in short hairs. Their tiny green to yellow flowers without petals grow in clusters in the denticulate leaflike stipules. The plant's name probably derives from a corruption of perce-pierre (ie a plant that breaks through stony ground). It is native to Europe and the Near East and prefers arable and dry stony ground and old walls.
It has long been used in folk medicine, being commonly employed to rid the body of stones in the kidney or bladder and has become a highly respected herb in modern herbalism for the treatment of kidney stones. It is astringent in taste, but the young leaves can be used sparingly in a salad. Most commonly, however, the leaves were picked and pickled in vinegar for winter use. It is seldom used or gathered these days.
References:
[1]. David Evans Notes from field observations, tastings and cookery experiments.[2]. Huxley, A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992
[3]. Tanaka, T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World.
[4]. Lim T.K. Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants, Vols 1–8.
[5]. Thomas, G. S. Perennial Garden Plants
[6]. Milner, E. Trees of Britain and Ireland
[7]. Rose, F. & O'Reilly, C. The Wild Flower Key (Revised Edition) – How to identify wild plants, trees and shrubs in Britain and Ireland
[8]. Streeter, D. & Garrard, I. The Wild Flowers of the British Isles
[9]. Clapham, A.R.; Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M. Flora of the British Isles
[10]. Phillips, R. Mushrooms
[10]. Phillips, R. Mushrooms
[11]. Jordan, P. & Wheeler, S. The Complete Book of Mushrooms: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Edible Mushrooms
[12]. Bunker, F.; Brodie, J.A.; Maggs, C.A. & Bunker, A. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland.
[13]. Facciola, S. Cornucopia — A Source Book of Edible Plants
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