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Wild Parsnip

Pastinaca sativa

2,489Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
74Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb7
Mar27
Apr100
May122
Jun359
Jul940
Aug645
Sep104
Oct67
Nov16
Dec2

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England159
2Oxfordshire England142
3Cambridgeshire England124
4Surrey England102
5Kent England82
6Portsmouth England71
7North Tyneside England60
8Norfolk England56
9Brighton and Hove England43
10Suffolk England41
11Dorset England35
12Cumbria England25
13Rutland England25
14West Berkshire England23
15Somerset England21
1,698 England46 Scotland46 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,489
Peak month
July
Counties with records
74
Scientific name
Pastinaca sativa
Also known as
Parsnips
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,189
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Pastinaca
Name with authority
Pastinaca sativa L.
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q188614 · GBIF 8262702