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wild parsnip
Pastinaca sativa
The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable closely related to the carrot and parsley. It is a biennial plant usually grown as an annual. Its long, tuberous root has cream-colored skin and flesh; and left in the ground to mature, it becomes sweeter in flavor after winter frosts. In its first growing season, the plant has a rosette of pinnate, mid-green leaves. If unharvested, it produces its flowering stem, topped by an umbel of small...
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.715
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.235
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.236
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.265
Herbarius
1485 · p.236
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.233
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.235
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.109
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.787
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.718
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.716
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.714
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59778.