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The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable closely related to carrot and parsley, all belonging to the flowering plant family Apiaceae. It is a biennial plant usually grown as an annual . Its long taproot has cream-colored skin and flesh, and, left in the ground to mature, becomes sweeter in flavor after winter frosts .
Pastinaca (parsnips) is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, comprising 14 species. Economically, the most important member of the genus is Pastinaca sativa , the parsnip. Etymology
The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable closely related to carrot and parsley, all belonging to the flowering plant family Apiaceae. It is a biennial plant usually grown as an annual. Its long taproot has cream-colored skin and flesh, and, left in the ground to mature, becomes sweeter in flavor after winter frosts.
Merely touching wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa), which has carrot-type flowers and parsley-ish leaves, can cause photodermatitis, a blistering sun sensitivity that can last a year. And eating ...
Wild parsnip is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa), is a Eurasian weed with edible root but toxic sap in the leaves and stems; Garden angelica (wild celery) Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), which is extremely toxic; Several Australian species in the genus Trachymene. Trachymene incisa
Common names for the genus or its species include hogweed [2] and cow parsnip. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The genus name Heracleum was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. [ 4 ]
Pastinaca sativa, the parsnip, a root vegetable species related to the carrot; Pinus sativa, a synonym for Pinus pinea, the stone pine, a tree species; See also.
Parsnip: Pastinaca sativa: Fruit trees: A variety of predatory insects: The flowers of the parsnip plant left to seed will attract a variety of predatory insects to the garden, they are particularly helpful when left under fruit trees, the predators attacking codling moth and light brown apple moth. Peas: Pisum sativum: Turnip, [44] cauliflower ...