A species of wild parsley, Petroselinum segetum, found as a weed in corn-fields; sometimes misapplied to Sison Amomum.
1861. Miss Pratt, Flower. Pl., III. 23.
1868. Treas. Bot., 870/1. Petroselinum segetum, the Corn Parsley, formerly a rare plant in the cornfields of Sussex, is now frequently met with in arable fields throughout England.
1890. Daily News, 18 Sept., 3/1. Broad ditches full of flags, rushes, and frogs, and dandelions, and cornparsley, and stinging nettles.
