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Plant looks like cilantro, but doesn't smell like cilantro

privette
10 years ago

I have several cilantro plants that I grew from seeds. My cilantro hasn't bolted yet. But this plant is growing around them. I did sow more cilantro seeds once the first seeds started to grow, but this plants doesn't look alike. I smelled the leaves and it doesn't have a distinctive smell. After crushing some leaves between my fingers I noticed a subtle mint smell, not strong enough.
I am new gardener and I forgot to put a sign where the seeds were placed. I have sowed mixed lettuce, cilantro, peppers, spinach and recao (wild cilantro). The only ones that hasn't sprout are peppers and recao. I know very well the recao plant and it doesn't look like this one. Neither looks like lettuce or spinach or pepper.
Is it a weed?
Thanks in advance!
Maria

Comments (5)

  • jekeesl (south-central Arkansas)
    10 years ago

    Looks like Wild Chervil (Chaerophyllum procumbens).

    Here is a link that might be useful: Wild Chervil

  • nel5397
    10 years ago

    They look like Dog Fennel seedlings.

  • privette
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    It does look similar to them but I think it is a weed...

  • Yiyuan Sun
    3 years ago

    It looks like wild carrots if it doesn’t grow upright and tall. Otherwise, it’s poison hemlock if it grows 2-4 feet tall and the stem and top of the root area are stripped or spotted with purple.

  • floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
    3 years ago

    The question is six years old. But fwiw it’s neither wild carrot nor hemlock.

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