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The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable closely related to carrot and parsley, all belonging to the flowering plant family Apiaceae. It is a biennial plant usually grown as an annual . Its long taproot has cream-colored skin and flesh, and, left in the ground to mature, becomes sweeter in flavor after winter frosts .
Botanical illustration is the art of depicting the form, color, and details of plant species. They are generally meant to be scientifically descriptive about subjects depicted and are often found printed alongside a botanical description in books, magazines, and other media.
Thaspium trifoliatum, commonly called meadow-parsnip [1] or purple meadow-parsnip [2] is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family . It is native to eastern North America where it is found in many eastern U.S states (excluding the region of New England ) and in Ontario, Canada. [ 3 ]
The Plant List (which was last updated in 2013) classified H. maximum, H. lanatum, and H. sphondylium subsp. montanum as distinct species. [13] [14] [15] According to both the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) or the National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS), H. lanatum and H. maximum are synonyms for H. sphondylium subsp. montanum, [16] [17] a name proposed by Brummitt in 1971.
Close-up of H. sphondylium flowers Heracleum sphondylium fruit Drawing of Heracleum sphondylium, showing the heart-shaped schizocarp (fruit) Heracleum sphondylium is a herbaceous, flowering plant. It is a tall, roughly hairy plant reaching up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in height. The hollow, ridged stem with bristly hairs arises from a large tap root.
A giant hogweed plant usually produces a flowering stalk in 3–5 years, [2] [14] but plants may take up to eight years to flower if conditions are unfavourable. In the Czech Republic, a single plant reached twelve years old before flowering. [15] In any case, when the plant finally flowers, it does so between June and July (in the northern ...
Water parsnip blooms from July to August [6] and creates many small white flowers with umbel inflorescences. [7] Sium suave resembles a few quite poisonous plants, and consumption should be avoided. [6] There is a vast number of insect species of bees, beetles, wasps, butterflies, and flies that visit this plant for its nectar and pollen. [4]
It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,800 species in about 446 genera, [1] including such well-known, and economically important plants as ajwain, angelica, anise, asafoetida, caraway, carrot, celery, chervil, coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, lovage, cow parsley, parsley, parsnip and sea holly, as well as silphium ...