*Pastinaca sativa Linnaeus. Common name: Parsnip. Phenology: Jun-Jul; Jul-Aug. Habitat: Roadsides, fields. Distribution: Native of Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, FNA13, GrPl, Il, K4, MC, Meso4.1, Mi, Mo2, NE, NY, Ok, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WV; > Pastinaca sativa L. var. hortensis Ehrh. — G; > Pastinaca sativa L. var. sativa — G. Basionym: Pastinaca sativa L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Pastinaca sativa - FNA13
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, coarse perennial of fields and roadsides. Native of Europe.
Stems: Stems stout, hollow, longitudinally ribbed, branched occasionally, smooth.
Leaves: Leaves alternate; on petioles with sheathing base; to 18 in. long but reduced upward (petioles reduced too); 1-2 times pinnately divided into oval to elliptic leaflets, these to 3 in. long and toothed.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in a flat-topped, compound umbel at top of stem and additional smaller umbels from upper leaf axils; each flower yellow, less than 1/4 in. wide, with 5 initially incurved but eventually spreading petals and a prominent greenish-yellow nectar pad.
Fruits: Fruit a joined pair of elliptic, ridged seeds that are flat on one side.
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Height: 3-5 ft.
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description: Erect, coarse perennial of fields and roadsides. Native of Europe.
stems: Stems stout, hollow, longitudinally ribbed, branched occasionally, smooth.
leaves: Leaves alternate; on petioles with sheathing base; to 18 in. long but reduced upward (petioles reduced too); 1-2 times pinnately divided into oval to elliptic leaflets, these to 3 in. long and toothed.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in a flat-topped, compound umbel at top of stem and additional smaller umbels from upper leaf axils; each flower yellow, less than 1/4 in. wide, with 5 initially incurved but eventually spreading petals and a prominent greenish-yellow nectar pad.
fruits: Fruit a joined pair of elliptic, ridged seeds that are flat on one side.
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