Wild parsnip is an invasive species with toxic sap that can cause skin to burn horribly when exposed to sunlight. If you don't know how to recognize it, you could be in for a nasty surprise.

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Cultivated parsnips have plenty of health benefits, but you should avoid picking wild parsnips. Wild parsnip is nearly identical, but it has far more furanocoumarin compounds in its stems and sap.

For many years, it was giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) that made gardeners and outdoor lovers shudder. With its towering stems and delicate white flowers that look like Queen Anne’s ...

Once valued, now reviled. That about sums up how attitudes toward the wild parsnip have changed since North America’s early European settlers grew it as a root crop. Today, Pastinaca sativa is a ...

A four-year-old boy is recovering from blistering burns after he touched a wild parsnip plant at a park in Ottawa, as reported by CTV News.. Ashlyn Young states that her son touched the plant on ...

Wild Parsnip is nasty and it’s lurking in many roadside ditches. Rash, burn and scarring can result when contacting this with bare skin. This township is at least trying to control it along ...

Ordinarily, parsnips are seed-sown in early spring, in a spot they will occupy for a year or more. But if your mouth is at this moment watering, it is not too late to sow a row.