Smyrnium olusatrum aka Alexanders

Smyrnium olusatrum, also known as Alexanders, alisander, or horse parsley, is a stout biennial plant of the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) family. It is native to continental Europe and can be found growing on waste ground, field margins, and near the sea around the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal regions of Europe. Alexanders has long been naturalized in Britain and Ireland, where it is widely dispersed and commonly found on the sites of medieval monastery gardens as a persistent relic of former cultivation. The plant can grow up to 150 centimeters tall, with bluntly toothed leaves that are ternately divided. Every part of the plant is edible, with a flavor between celery and parsley. Alexanders produces yellow-green flowers arranged in umbels, and its fruits are black. It flowers from April to June. While it was formerly widely grown as a pot herb, it is now appreciated mostly by foragers. Alexanders is also a super rare houseplant that needs regular watering and abundant sunlight to thrive and should be less than 3 feet from a window.