OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pastinaca sativa   FAMILY Apiaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Pastinaca sativa, Parsnip

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pasa2_001_lhd

        

image of Pastinaca sativa, Parsnip

JK Marlow    jkm0507h_26

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Roadside

image of Pastinaca sativa, Parsnip

JK Marlow    jkm0507h_27

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Roadside

image of Pastinaca sativa, Parsnip

JK Marlow    jkm0507h_29

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Roadside

image of Pastinaca sativa, Parsnip

JK Marlow    jkm0507i_06

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Tea Creek Recreation Area

Stem hollow or solid, ribbed, per Flora of China.

image of Pastinaca sativa, Parsnip

Ohio State Weed Lab Archive, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org     bug_1552218

Month Unknown        

image of Pastinaca sativa, Parsnip

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).

image of Pastinaca sativa, Parsnip

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).

image of Pastinaca sativa, Parsnip

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).

image of Pastinaca sativa, Parsnip

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.

image of Pastinaca sativa, Parsnip

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.

image of Pastinaca sativa, Parsnip

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5450912

Month Unknown        

image of Pastinaca sativa, Parsnip

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3041

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in NC Mountains & northward (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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Invasive?

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

 

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