| Accepted name: |
Pastinaca sativa L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Peucedanum sativum Benth. & Hook.
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| English names: |
Wild Parsnip
Madnep
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| French names: |
Panais sauvage
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPASSA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
B |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The swollen taproots eaten as a spice vegetable, in salads, dried for seasoning soups and processed for canning; also used for making beer and wine in Britain and Ireland, before sugar was available, for preparing jam and sweet flour for cakes. Roots and leaves serve as a stock food (1). |
| Key Characters: |
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