E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of BC

Pastinaca sativa L.
common parsnip (wild parsnip)
Apiaceae

Introduction to Vascular Plants

General:
Stout, aromatic biennial herb from a stout taproot; stems erect, .3-1.8 m tall.

Leaves:
Pinnately compound, stem leaves progressively reduced, basal leaves up to 50 cm long and nearly half as wide; leaflets pinnately cleft.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of compound umbels on terminal and lateral stalks; flowers yellow; spokes 15-25, unequal.

Fruits:
Broadly elliptic, 5-6 mm long, strongly flattened crosswise, glabrous.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Exotic	SNA	Exotic	Not Listed

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