Pastinaca sativa

Wild Parsnip

Top Half of Plant
Grid 620, 3 miles south of Highway 48
30-Aug-2002

 
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Pastinaca Characteristics
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plants puberulent or glabrous

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foliage not spiny

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foliage not digitately compound

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both lower and upper leaves compound

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leaves simple or divided into a few well-defined leaflets; not having leaves much divided into numerous segments or leaflets

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leaves once pinnately divided

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leaves with more than 3 leaflets

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leaflets less than 5 cm wide

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leaflets ovate to oblong

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inflorescence not bluish

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flowers yellow

 
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Umbelliferae Characteristics
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herbs

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plants terrestrial or semi-aquatic; leaves not submerged or floating

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plants not with colored milky juice

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stems hollow

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plants with more than 1 leaf

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leaves without stipules, or having glands

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some or all leaves alternate

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flowers in umbels