Scientific name: Pastinaca sativa L.
Common name: Wild Parsnip
Description
Habit: A hairy biennial, to 1 m high.
Stems: Slender, solid or hollow when older, thick-walled, ribbed.
Roots: Tuberous, cylindrical to spindle-shaped.
Leaves: Lower leaves 2-pinnate with lanceolate leaflets, withering early; upper leaves 1-2-pinnate with linear segments.
Flowers: Yellow, in terminal umbels, with 7-12 unequal rays; bracts and bracteoles present; petals 5, free; stamens 5; ovary inferior and 2-celled.
Fruits: A schizocarp, 5-7 mm, flattened and winged.
Habitat: Cultivated and waste ground.
Distribution: Rare.
Native status: Not native
Of conservation interest: No