Plants Profile for Pastinaca sativa (wild parsnip)

General Information
Symbol:	PASA2
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Apiaceae
Duration:	Biennial Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK I CAN W L48 I SPM W
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Larry Allain. USGS National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC). Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Brazil, San Paulo. Usage Requirements.

Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

©Robin R. Buckallew. United States, IA, Centerville. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 634. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
PASAP	Pastinaca sativa L. var. pratensis Pers.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Apiales
Family	Apiaceae ⁄ Umbelliferae – Carrot family
Genus	Pastinaca L. – parsnip
Species	Pastinaca sativa L. – wild parsnip

Subordinate Taxa

The Plants Database includes the following 1 subspecies of Pastinaca sativa . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Native

Introduced

Native and Introduced

Distribution of <i>Pastinaca sativa</i> L. ssp. <i>sylvestris</i> (Mill.) Rouy & E.G. Camus [excluded]

Pastinaca sativa ssp. sylvestris

Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Ohio wild parship Prohibited noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
Pastinaca sativa parsnip wild parsnip This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
KY	Haragan, P.D.. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky.
NE&GP	Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
SEEPPC	Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
WI	Hoffman, R.and K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status