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Pastinaca sativa (wild parship; wild parsnip)

Synonyms: Anethum pastinaca; Elaphoboscum sativus; Pastinaca taraxacifolia; Peucedanum sativum

Wikipedia Abstract

The parsnip is a root vegetable related to the carrot. Parsnips resemble carrots, but are paler in colour than most carrots, and have a sweeter taste, especially when cooked. The buttery, slightly spicy, sweet flavor of cooked mature parsnips (often picked after the first frost) is reminiscent of butterscotch, honey, and subtle cardamom. Like carrots, parsnips are native to Eurasia and have been eaten there since ancient times.
View Wikipedia Record: Pastinaca sativa

Infraspecies

Pastinaca sativa subsp. pratensis
Pastinaca sativa subsp. sativa
Pastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestris
Pastinaca sativa subsp. umbrosa
Pastinaca sativa subsp. urens

Attributes

Height [1]  39 inches (1 m)
Width [1]  9 inches (0.25 m)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [2]  Mostly Dry
Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  Skin contact with the sap can cause photosensitivity and/or dermatitis in some people; Parsnip is said to contain the alleged 'psychotroph' myristicine;
Lifespan [1]  Biennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [1]  The leaves and roots are used to make an insect spray; Roughly chop the leaves and roots, put them in a basin with enough water to cover, leave them overnight then strain and use as an insecticide against aphids and red spider mite;
View Plants For A Future Record : Pastinaca sativa

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Algonquin Provincial Park IV 1868802 Ontario, Canada
Allegheny Portage Railroad Nat'l Hist. Site National Historic Site III 1152 Pennsylvania, United States
Avon Gorge Woodlands 376 England, United Kingdom
Banff National Park II 1690912 Alberta, Canada
Bruce Peninsula National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd 163340 Wales, United Kingdom
Dorset Heaths 14161 England, United Kingdom
Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes 5491 England, United Kingdom
Essex Estuaries 114016 England, United Kingdom
Fort Necessity National Battlefield III 1019 Pennsylvania, United States
Galichia Gora Zapovednik Ia 568 Lipetsk, Russia
Gateway National Recreation Area V 1807 New Jersey, United States
Georgian Bay Islands National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Great Smoky Mountains National Park II 515454 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge VI 3161 New Jersey, United States
Gros Morne National Park II 476632 Newfoundland, Canada
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site   Iowa, United States
Humber Estuary 90582 England, United Kingdom
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore II 8272 Indiana, United States
Isle Royale Biosphere Reserve Ib 571799 Michigan, United States
Knife River Indian Villages National Hist. Site National Historic Site III 1756 North Dakota, United States
Lago Puelo National Park II 47607 Chubut, Argentina
Los Alerces National Park II 463045 Chubut, Argentina  
Luberon Regional Nature Park V 406572 France  
Lyme Bay and Torbay 77215 England, United Kingdom
Nahanni National Park Reserve II 1309627 Northwest Territories, Canada
Nahuel Huapi National Park II 759703 Argentina  
Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve 470167 Ontario, Canada  
North Norfolk Coast 7926 England, United Kingdom  
North Pennine Moors 254789 England, United Kingdom
North York Moors 108930 England, United Kingdom
Okskiy Biosphere Reserve 190748 Russia  
Palava Protected Landscape Area V   Czech Republic  
Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol 341177 Wales, United Kingdom  
Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau 360832 Wales, United Kingdom
Pevensey Levels 8860 England, United Kingdom  
Prince Edward Island National Park II   Prince Edward Island, Canada  
Saint Lawrence Islands National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Salisbury Plain 52975 England, United Kingdom
Saratoga National Historical Park   New York, United States
Sefton Coast 11278 England, United Kingdom
Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren 182155 England/Wales, United Kingdom
South Wight Maritime 49082 England, United Kingdom
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States  
Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone 84204 England, United Kingdom  
The New Forest 72309 England, United Kingdom
The Wash and North Norfolk Coast 266284 England, United Kingdom
Thorne Moor 4718 England, United Kingdom
Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham 12696 England, United Kingdom
Valley Forge National Historical Park VI 3509 Pennsylvania, United States
Voronezhskiy Biosphere Reserve 95835 Russia  
Woolmer Forest 1647 England, United Kingdom
Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay 65440 Wales, United Kingdom  
Yoho National Park II 317576 British Columbia, Canada

Predators

Aethes dilucidana[4]
Agonopterix ciliella[4]
Agonopterix heracliana[4]
Anuraphis subterranea[4]
Aspitates gilvaria (Straw Belle)[4]
Cataplectica farreni[4]
Cavariella aegopodii (Carrot aphid)[4]
Cavariella pastinacae[4]
Cavariella theobaldi[4]
Ceutorhynchus geographicus <Unverified Name>[4]
Contarinia pastinacae[4]
Dasypolia templi (Brindled Ochre)[4]
Depressaria depressana (Purple Carrot-seed Moth)[4]
Depressaria discipunctella[4]
Depressaria douglasella[4]
Depressaria pastinacella[4]
Dysaphis apiifolia (Parsley aphid)[4]
Dysaphis bonomii[4]
Dysaphis crataegi[4]
Dysaphis lauberti[4]
Epermenia chaerophyllella <Unverified Name>[4]
Euleia heraclei[4]
Eumerus funeralis[4]
Eumerus strigatus (onion bulb fly)[4]
Eupithecia tripunctaria (whitespotted pug)[4]
Eupithecia trisignaria[4]
Hypera pastinacae <Unverified Name>[4]
Kiefferia pericarpiicola[4]
Lasioptera carophila[4]
Liparus coronatus[4]
Liriomyza lutea[4]
Lixus iridis[4]
Macrolabis heraclei[4]
Melanagromyza angeliciphaga[4]
Melanagromyza sativae[4]
Orthops campestris <Unverified Name>[4]
Papilio machaon (Old World swallowtail)[4]
Phaedon tumidulus <Unverified Name>[4]
Phytomyza pastinacae[4]
Phytomyza spondylii[4]
Pipizella viduata[4]
Psila rosae <Unverified Name>[4]
Sitochroa palealis[4]
Systole albipennis[4]
Thrips vulgatissimus[4]
Trioza apicalis[4]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Agrilus difficilis[5]
Agrilus egenus[5]
Agriotes insanus <Unverified Name>[5]
Agrothereutes limatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Allognosta fuscitarsis[5]
Allograpta obliqua[5]
Ammobia ichneumonea <Unverified Name>[5]
Ammobia pennsylvanica <Unverified Name>[5]
Amobia floridensis[5]
Ancistrocerus campestris[5]
Ancistrocerus tigris <Unverified Name>[5]
Ancistrocerus unifasciatus[5]
Andrena platyparia[5]
Andrena pruni[5]
Anomoea laticlavia[5]
Anoplius illinoensis[5]
Anoplius virginiensis[5]
Anthemoessa abrupta <Unverified Name>[5]
Anthocomus erichsoni <Unverified Name>[5]
Anthrenus castaneae[5]
Apis mellifera (honey bee)[5]
Arachnoproctonus ferrugineus <Unverified Name>[5]
Argyramoeba oedipus <Unverified Name>[5]
Aspicera albihirta <Unverified Name>[5]
Astatus unicolor <Unverified Name>[5]
Attagenus piceus <Unverified Name>[5]
Attalus scincetus <Unverified Name>[5]
Basilarchia astyanax <Unverified Name>[5]
Belvosia unifasciata[5]
Biomyia georgiae <Unverified Name>[5]
Blaesoxipha alcedo[5]
Blaesoxipha hunteri[5]
Blepharipeza leucophrys <Unverified Name>[5]
Boettcheria cimbicis[5]
Bombias separatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Bombus americanorum[5]
Bombus impatiens[5]
Brachycoma intermedia <Unverified Name>[5]
Calopteron reticulatum (Banded net-wing)[5]
Calythea albicincta <Unverified Name>[5]
Camptoneura picta <Unverified Name>[5]
Cardiochiles tibiator[5]
Caropophilus brachypterus <Unverified Name>[5]
Ceratina dupla (Little carpenter bee)[5]
Cerceris clypeata (weevil wasp)[5]
Cerceris compacta <Unverified Name>[5]
Cerceris fumipennis <Unverified Name>[5]
Cerceris kennicottii <Unverified Name>[5]
Ceropales fraterna <Unverified Name>[5]
Chaetoplagia analis <Unverified Name>[5]
Chalybion caeruleum <Unverified Name>[5]
Chauliognathus marginatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Chloralictus sparsus <Unverified Name>[5]
Chloralictus versatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Chlorops proxima <Unverified Name>[5]
Chrysoperla plorabunda[5]
Chrysophanus thoe <Unverified Name>[5]
Chrysops striatus[5]
Cistogaster occidua <Unverified Name>[5]
Clytiomyia flava <Unverified Name>[5]
Clytochrysus obscurus <Unverified Name>[5]
Coccinella sanguinea <Unverified Name>[5]
Colletes brevicornis[5]
Colletes eulophi[5]
Colpognathus helvus[5]
Compsomyia macellaria <Unverified Name>[5]
Conops brachyrrhynchus <Unverified Name>[5]
Corimelaena pulicaria (Negro bug)[5]
Corizus lateralis <Unverified Name>[5]
Cryptomeigenia theutis[5]
Cryptorhopalum haemorrhoidale[5]
Cryptus rufoannulatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Curtisapis forbesii <Unverified Name>[5]
Cyaniris pseudargiolus <Unverified Name>[5]
Cylindromyia interrupta[5]
Diabrotica vittata <Unverified Name>[5]
Didea fasciata[5]
Distichona varia[5]
Ectemnius atriceps <Unverified Name>[5]
Eiphosoma texana <Unverified Name>[5]
Empis distans[5]
Ennyomma globosa <Unverified Name>[5]
Epicauta cinerea[5]
Eristalis aeneus <Unverified Name>[5]
Eristalis dimidiatus[5]
Eristalis flavipes[5]
Eristalis transversus <Unverified Name>[5]
Euderces picipes[5]
Eumea caesar[5]
Eumenes fraternus (potter wasp)[5]
Eumyotheria illinoensis <Unverified Name>[5]
Euperilampus triangularis[5]
Euphoria fulgida[5]
Euphoria sepulchralis <Unverified Name>[5]
Euphorocera claripennis <Unverified Name>[5]
Euphorus mellipes <Unverified Name>[5]
Evylaeus arcuatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Evylaeus pectoralis <Unverified Name>[5]
Exorista confinis <Unverified Name>[5]
Exorista mella[5]
Foenus incertus <Unverified Name>[5]
Foenus tarsatorius <Unverified Name>[5]
Frontina aletiae <Unverified Name>[5]
Frontina frenchii <Unverified Name>[5]
Glypta simplicipes <Unverified Name>[5]
Graphomyia americana <Unverified Name>[5]
Gymnoprosopa polita[5]
Gymnosoma fuliginosa <Unverified Name>[5]
Habrobracon gelechiae[5]
Halictus parallelus[5]
Harrisina americana (Grapeleaf Skeletonizer)[5]
Hedychrum violaceum <Unverified Name>[5]
Helicobia helicis <Unverified Name>[5]
Helophilus fasciatus[5]
Helophilus latifrons[5]
Hemipenthes sinuosus[5]
Hemiteles gracilariae <Unverified Name>[5]
Hippodamea convergens <Unverified Name>[5]
Hippodamea parenthesis <Unverified Name>[5]
Holopyga ventralis <Unverified Name>[5]
Homaluroides melleus[5]
Hyetodosia rufitibia <Unverified Name>[5]
Hylotoma humeralis <Unverified Name>[5]
Hypatus bachmanni <Unverified Name>[5]
Hyptia reticulata[5]
Ichneumon ambulatorius[5]
Ichneumon succinctus <Unverified Name>[5]
Iphiaulax rugator <Unverified Name>[5]
Isodontia apicalis[5]
Leionotus foraminatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Leionotus fulvipes <Unverified Name>[5]
Leionotus scrophulariae[5]
Leionotus ziziae[5]
Leucospis affinis[5]
Limnophora narona[5]
Limochores taumas <Unverified Name>[5]
Linnaemyia compta <Unverified Name>[5]
Liohippelates flavipes[5]
Liohippelates pusio[5]
Lophopompilus atrox <Unverified Name>[5]
Lophopompilus philadelphicus <Unverified Name>[5]
Lucilia caesar (Greenbottle Blow Fly)[5]
Lygaeus turcicus[5]
Lygus pratensis (Common Meadow Bug)[5]
Lyroda subita <Unverified Name>[5]
Macquartia pristis <Unverified Name>[5]
Macrobasis unicolor <Unverified Name>[5]
Megachile petulans[5]
Megilla maculata <Unverified Name>[5]
Mellota cimbiciformis <Unverified Name>[5]
Meromyza americana (wheat stem maggott)[5]
Mesogramma geminata <Unverified Name>[5]
Mesogramma marginata[5]
Metacmaeops vittata[5]
Metopius terminalis <Unverified Name>[5]
Microplitis gortynae[5]
Mordella marginata (tumbling flower beetle)[5]
Mordella melaena[5]
Mordellistena ornata[5]
Morellia micans[5]
Musca domestica (house fly)[5]
Mutilla hexagona <Unverified Name>[5]
Myopa vesiculosa[5]
Myospila meditabunda[5]
Nothus varians <Unverified Name>[5]
Notoglossa americana <Unverified Name>[5]
Notoglossa emarginata <Unverified Name>[5]
Notoglossa frontalis <Unverified Name>[5]
Notoglossa inornata <Unverified Name>[5]
Ocyptamus fascipennis[5]
Ocyptamus fuscipennis[5]
Opandrena cressonii <Unverified Name>[5]
Opandrena personata <Unverified Name>[5]
Opandrena serotina <Unverified Name>[5]
Ophyra leucostoma <Unverified Name>[5]
Orgilus rileyi <Unverified Name>[5]
Orthoneura nitida <Unverified Name>[5]
Ossinis soror <Unverified Name>[5]
Oxystoglossa confusa <Unverified Name>[5]
Pachybrachys atomarius <Unverified Name>[5]
Pachyneuron mesograptae <Unverified Name>[5]
Pachyophthalmus signatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Paradidyma conica[5]
Paragus bicolor[5]
Paragus tibialis[5]
Parempis clausa <Unverified Name>[5]
Pentaria trifasciata[5]
Perilampus cyaneus[5]
Perilampus platigaster[5]
Philanthus punctatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Pholeomyia indecora[5]
Phorantha purpurascens <Unverified Name>[5]
Phorbia acra <Unverified Name>[5]
Phormia regina (Black blowfly)[5]
Photinus pyralis (common eastern firefly)[5]
Phytocoris scrupeus <Unverified Name>[5]
Pipiza festiva[5]
Plagiognathus obscurus (obscure plant bug)[5]
Platychirus hyperboreus <Unverified Name>[5]
Platychirus quadratus <Unverified Name>[5]
Podabrus rugulosus <Unverified Name>[5]
Podabrus tomentosus <Unverified Name>[5]
Poecilopompilus navus <Unverified Name>[5]
Polistes fuscatus (Paper wasp)[5]
Pompiloides americanus <Unverified Name>[5]
Pompiloides divisus <Unverified Name>[5]
Pompiloides marginatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Pompiloides subviolaceus <Unverified Name>[5]
Porizon conotracheli <Unverified Name>[5]
Proclitus mellipes <Unverified Name>[5]
Prosopis illinoensis <Unverified Name>[5]
Prosopis pygmaea <Unverified Name>[5]
Prosopis sayi <Unverified Name>[5]
Prosopis ziziae <Unverified Name>[5]
Protocalliphora splendida <Unverified Name>[5]
Protothyreopus rufifemur <Unverified Name>[5]
Psammochares tenebrosus <Unverified Name>[5]
Pseudocrabro chrysargirus <Unverified Name>[5]
Pseudoplisus phaleratus <Unverified Name>[5]
Pseudopyrellia cornicina <Unverified Name>[5]
Psilodora impatiens <Unverified Name>[5]
Pyractomena angulata (Angulate firefly)[5]
Ravinia assidua[5]
Rivellia viridulans[5]
Sapromyza vulgaris <Unverified Name>[5]
Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis <Unverified Name>[5]
Sarcophaga sinuata[5]
Scatopse pulicaria <Unverified Name>[5]
Sceliphron cementarius <Unverified Name>[5]
Scenopinus nubillipes <Unverified Name>[5]
Sciara vulgaris[5]
Seladonia fasciata <Unverified Name>[5]
Senotainia rubriventris[5]
Senotainia trilineata[5]
Seoptera colon <Unverified Name>[5]
Sepsis flavimana[5]
Sesia pictipes <Unverified Name>[5]
Solenius interruptus <Unverified Name>[5]
Spallanzania hesperidarum[5]
Sphaerophoria cylindrica[5]
Sphaerophthalma macra <Unverified Name>[5]
Sphecodes arvensis <Unverified Name>[5]
Sphecodes clematidis[5]
Sphecodium cressonii <Unverified Name>[5]
Sphenometopa tergata[5]
Sphex nigricans <Unverified Name>[5]
Sphex vulgaris[5]
Stratiomyia meigenii <Unverified Name>[5]
Sturmia inquinata <Unverified Name>[5]
Symmorphus debilis <Unverified Name>[5]
Symmorphus walshianus <Unverified Name>[5]
Syritta pipiens (thick-legged hoverfly)[5]
Syrphus arcuatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Syrphus ribesii (Summer Fly)[5]
Tachina rustica[5]
Teleas lineaticeps <Unverified Name>[5]
Telephorus flavipes <Unverified Name>[5]
Tetrachrysis nortonii <Unverified Name>[5]
Thaumatomyia glabra[5]
Thecla edwardsi[5]
Therioplectes illotus <Unverified Name>[5]
Tiphia vulgaris <Unverified Name>[5]
Trachandrena crataegi <Unverified Name>[5]
Trachandrena hippotes <Unverified Name>[5]
Trachandrena nuda <Unverified Name>[5]
Trichiotinus affinis[5]
Trichophora ruficauda <Unverified Name>[5]
Trichopoda pennipes (Tachina fly)[5]
Trichopsomyia apisaon[5]
Trirhabda tomentosa <Unverified Name>[5]
Trogus vulpinus[5]
Tropidia quadrata[5]
Trypoxylon clavatum <Unverified Name>[5]
Typocerus sinuatus[5]
Vespula maculata[5]
Xanthomelana arcuata <Unverified Name>[5]
Xestocrabro trifasciatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Zethus spinipes[5]
Zodion americanum[5]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Distribution

North America;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Kartesz J., Oct-2011, Umbellifers: World Umbellifer Database in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons License ♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants ♦ 5Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators. ♦ GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway Ministry of Agriculture and Food - February 2013