June 1, 2021

More sunrise.

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Posted by Ann Althouse at 8:33 PM
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Ann Althouse said...

As I added in an update to a post a few days ago that showed those flowers more clearly:

A reader asked me if the wildflower in the closeup is wild parsnip, a troublesome invasive weed. No, I've done some checking (using Plant Snap and other things), and I'm pretty sure this is Golden Alexander (Zizia aptera). Now, one of the common names for this plant is meadow parsnip, but wild parsnip is something different, with the scientific name Pastinaca sativa. The useful cultivated vegetable is the same species, so respect the parsnip.

By the way, "sativa" means cultivated.

At the family level, both wild parsnip and Golden Alexander are Apiaceae:

"Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,700 species in 434 genera[1] including such well-known and economically important plants such 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, a plant whose identity is unclear and which may be extinct."

6/1/21, 8:40 PM
Ann Althouse said...

The earlier post is here.

6/1/21, 8:42 PM

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