Carrot family (Apiaceae) ⁵

Summary ⁶

The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable closely related to the carrot and parsley. It is a biennial plant usually grown as an annual. Its long, tuberous root has cream-colored skin and flesh; and left in the ground to mature, it becomes sweeter in flavor after winter frosts. In its first growing season, the plant has a rosette of pinnate, mid-green leaves. If unharvested, it produces its flowering stem, topped by an umbel of small...

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Cornell Weed Identification, Cornell University.
CABI Compendium.
Invasipedia, Bugwood & The Nature Conservancy.
Invasive Plants, Fraser Valley Invasive Species Society.
Midwest Invasive Species Information Network.

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1. (c) Isaac Winkler, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51442282
2. (c) carsen6, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by carsen6, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120732386
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4. (c) Philip Woods, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Philip Woods, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14704783
5. (c) Isaac Winkler, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
6. Adapted by Isaac Winkler from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastinaca_sativa

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