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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pastinaca sativa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Read more about Wild Parsnip at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pastinaca sativa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pastinaca sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pastinaca sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-35-001:
Pastinaca sativa FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pastinaca sativa
COMMON NAME:
Parsnip
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pasa2_001_lhd
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JK Marlow jkm0507h_26
July Pocahontas County WV
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0507h_27
July Pocahontas County WV
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0507h_29
July Pocahontas County WV
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0507i_06
July Pocahontas County WV
Tea Creek Recreation Area
Stem hollow or solid, ribbed, per Flora of China.
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Ohio State Weed Lab Archive, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org bug_1552218
Month Unknown
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John Cardina, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org bug_1552221
Month Unknown
Fruit broadly ellipsoid, glabrous, strongly flattened dorsally, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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John Cardina, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org bug_1558142
Month Unknown
Umbels compound, terminal and lateral, rays 12-25, spreading-ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5450891
Month Unknown
A tall plant, up to 6', per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5450899
Month Unknown
In the family Apiaceae, petioles are usually sheathing at their base, per Flora of China.
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5450902
Month Unknown
Root rich in starch & sugar, used as food, animal fodder, and in wine making, per Flora of China.
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5450912
Month Unknown
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Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org bug_5524988
Month Unknown
Leaves long-stalked and pinnately divided, the segments toothed thoughout, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pastinaca sativa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pastinaca sativa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pastinaca sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pastinaca sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-35-001:
Pastinaca sativa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pastinaca sativa
3041
Forb
Biennial
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common in NC Mountains & northward (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
1- or 2-pinnately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Flowers in compound umbels
FRUIT:
Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p258
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p114
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p138
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