Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Pastinaca sativa L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Pastinaca sativa L. var. pratensis Pers., Peucedanum sativum Benth. & Hook. f.

Common names:

Bird's-nest [Bird's nest] (1913-1923, misapplied) (5, 156)

Common parsnip (1896) (45)

Cultivated parsnip (1949) (109)

Elaphoboscon (77 AD, Pliny) (107)

Garden parsnip (1892) (6, 155)

Hart's-eye [Hart's eye] (1900-1929) (5, 157, 158)

Heart's-eye (1923) (156)

Madnep [Mad-nep] (1900-1929) (156, 157, 158)

Mypes (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Panais Potager (1892, French) (6)

Parsenep (1900) (158)

Parsnep (1828-1929) (6, 7, 92, 157, 158)

Parsnip (1671-1939, cultivated by English colonists by 1671, Josselyn) (6, 10, 19, 46, 48, 80, 85, 92, 106, 107, 122, 138, 148, 156, 158)

Pasnet (1900) (158)

Pastinake (German) (1892) (6)

Pastnip (1900) (158)

Pestnachen (1550, Roeszlin) (107 )

Queenweed [Queen weed, Queen-weed] (1900-1929) (5, 62, 75, 156, 157, 158)

Tank (1900-1929) (156, 157, 158)

Wild parsley (1907-1913, IA) (5, 72)

Wild parsnip (1899-Present) (3, 4, 50, 62, 80, 82, 93, 95, 97, 131, 133, 148, 156)