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Pastinaca (Apiaceae) 2:261
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Parsnip
(Pastinaca sativa) has been very sparingly
naturalised in Tasmania,
There is one record from Sandy Bay by Winifred Curtis in
1958 and two from Melaleuca at Port Davey in 1989, which
probably were the remnants of a vegetable garden (perhaps
that of Deny King).
It is a stout biennial to 1.8 m high with a swollen taproot.
The stem has prominent striations and is angled, The leaves
are pinnate. The inflorescence is compound umbel.
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University of Tasmania