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Wild Parsnip
Wild Parsnip
Pastinaca sativa
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Biennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Eurasia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

The wild parsnip is a leafy biennial plant that grows in open fields and meadows. Its roots accumulate high concentrations of sugars to survive freezing winter temperatures.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Pastinaca
Species
Pastinaca sativa