Parsley and cilantro This essay will end grocery shopping's confusion forever!! Parsley and cilantro are famous plants that are used in many dishes all around the world. They are very similar looking, and finding the difference between them can be a bit of a challenge to many people. Therefore, here are tips to help you differentiate. One easy way to do that is to pay attention to the shape and color of each plant. If you look at parsley you'll notice that it has a thin petiole and pointy leaves, while cilantro has a thicker petiole and curved leaves. Those plants vary in color too. Cilantro isn't as green as parsley due to the chlorophyll, a pigment in a plant cells helps in photosynthesis. The more chlorophyll a plant has the