Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pastinaca L., Sp. Pl. 262 (1753)
Description
Glabrous or hairy, biennial or perennial herbs, with stout or thin taproots. Lvs usually 1–2-pinnate, rarely simple and serrate; segments usually broad. Umbels compound, pedunculate; bracts and bracteoles 0, or few, entire and often caducous. Petals yellow or whitish red, regular, with apex entire and inflexed; calyx teeth 0. Fr. ellipsoid to globose, strongly flattened dorsally, not beaked, spineless but sometimes hispid; commissure broad; ribs 5 per mericarp, the dorsal slender, the lateral with a thin wing; lateral wings of opposing mericarps appressed; vittae broad, 1–(2) in furrows; dorsal vittae almost as long as fr.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
