| Common name | cilantro; coriander |
| Family | apiaceae |
| Life cycle | annual |
| Flowers | white |
| Size | 4' |
| Light | sun-part shade |
From seed  | self-seeds in our garden |
Most years, we get a number of cilantro plants as volunteers in our herb garden - and we gladly let them grow, even though by the time they'd be most valuable (when ripening tomatoes are clamoring for a pico de gallo partner) they long since gone to seed. I've no idea how this exuberant specimen wound up in our newly planted bogside border, but even here I couldn't get myself to chop it down (until it got ratty after the blooms faded). We do use coriander as a culinary spice, but not in such quantity that we need to harvest much - the round seeds are set in profusion.
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