Parsnip

Pastinaca sativa

Varieties

3 entries

Variety	Description	Prices (EUR)	Details
Gladiator F1BSI-B24455	—	Price per 1000 seeds €5.00	Details
Hollow Crown - GuernseyBSI-B24450	—	10-24 KG €23.00 / kg 5-9 KG €32.00 / kg 1-4 KG €43.00 / kg < 1 KG €70.00 / kg	Details
White GemBSI-B24452	—	10-24 KG €27.00 / kg 5-9 KG €37.00 / kg 1-4 KG €50.00 / kg < 1 KG €81.00 / kg	Details

Pastinaca sativa is a biennial: a leafy rosette and storage root develop before the later flowering stem.

Botanical characteristics

Garden parsnip references are selected for the first-year root. Root length and shape matter where soil is shallow or stony, while fresh seed is important because older parsnip seed loses reliability.

Named root-vegetable selections

Hollow Crown - Guernsey, White Gem and Gladiator F1 are separate references for seed retailers. The F1 designation belongs to Gladiator and should remain with that article.

At a glance

Species profile

Characteristics

Life cycle: Biennial

Botanical details

Botanical name: Pastinaca sativa
Common names: parsnip
Synonyms: Anethum pastinaca Wibel, Elaphoboscum sativum (L.) Tabern. ex Rupr., Peucedanum sativum (L.) Benth., Selinum pastinaca Crantz
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Pastinaca
Species: Pastinaca sativa