Pastinaca sativa (parsnip)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Pastinaca sativa L.
- Preferred Common Name
- parsnip
- Other Scientific Names
- Elaphoboscum sativum (L.) Rupr.
- Pastinaca fleischmannii Hladnik
- Pastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestris (Mill.) Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Pastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestris Roug & Camus
- Pastinaca sylvestris Mill.
- Peucedanum pastinaca (Wibel) Baill.
- Peucedanum sativum (L.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
- International Common Names
- Englishwild parsnip
- Spanishapio del campochiriviachirivíapastinaca
- Frenchpanaispanais sauvage
- Local Common Names
- Chinaou fang feng
- Germanygemeiner pastinakpastinak
- Italypastinaca
- Netherlandspastinaakwilde pastinaak
- Portugalpastinaga
- Swedenpalsternacka
- EPPO code
- PAVSA (Pastinaca sativa)
Pictures
Habit
Pastinaca sativa (parsnip); habit. Note presence of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) in the background. USA. July, 2004.
©Leslie J. Mehrhoff/University of Connecticut/Bugwood.org - CC BY 3.0 US
Seeds
Pastinaca sativa (parsnip); seeds. USA.
©Bruce Ackley/The Ohio State University/Bugwood.org - CC BY 3.0 US
Pastinaca sativa
Chris Evans, River to River Cooperative Weed Management Area, bugwood.org
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Pastinaca sativa
Chris Evans, River to River Cooperative Weed Management Area, bugwood.org
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Pastinaca sativa
Linda Haugen, USDA Forest Service, bugwood.org
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Pastinaca sativa
Steve Dewey, Utah State University, bugwood.org
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Pastinaca sativa
Alex Katovich, bugwood.org
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Pastinaca sativa
John Cardina, Ohio State University, bugwood.org
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Pastinaca sativa
John Cardina, Ohio State University, bugwood.org
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Pastinaca sativa
Ken Chamberlain, Ohio State University, bugwood.org
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Distribution
Host Plants and Other Plants Affected
| Host | Host status | References |
|---|---|---|
| Triticum aestivum (wheat) | Unknown | Kämpf et al. (2016) |
Prevention and Control
Prevention
P. sativa
crops are harvested prior to entering the reproductive stage and therefore do not contribute seed to the environment in which they are planted. Cultivation for seed production, abandoned fields and fields with incomplete harvest and/or poor sanitation can represent a source of escaped plants into new areas.
Mechanical Control
It is recommended to cut the rosettes below the soil surface with a hoe during the first season and to mow tops before seeds are formed during the second season (Muenscher, 1980). Plants can also be cut below the root crown before flowers emerge during the second season but this operation will have to be repeated to be efficacious. Mowing should be done when the primary umbel begins flowering (May to June) and can be repeated (up to three times) to ensure no seeds are produced from regrowth. Plants can also be pulled by hand or dug out, especially in most soil, but any handling has to be done wearing gloves, long sleeves and trousers to avoid skin contact and subsequent UV exposure.
Chemical Control
Rosettes (ideally) and adult plants can also be individually spot sprayed with the herbicide glyphosate. If the population is located in perennial grasses (i.e. no other sensitive broadleaf vegetation is present), aminopyralid or diflufenzopyr/dicamba (applied to all rosettes) have demonstrated 99% and 86% control, respectively (OMAFRA, 2014). Other herbicides have also demonstrated efficacy (2,4-D, picloram, triclopyr) (Cain et al., 2010).
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Published online: 4 October 2022
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