This section is from the book "Harper's Guide To Wild Flowers", by Caroline A. Creevey. Also available from Amazon: Harper's Guide To Wild Flowers.
Family, Parsley. Color, yellow. No involucre under the umbels of yellow flowers. Leaves, pinnately compound. Stem, stout, tall, smooth, grooved.
This is the cultivated parsnip, now escaped from gardens and found in a wild state everywhere. It is fed to cattle, especially in Europe, where the root is said sometimes to reach the length of 4 feet. Rich soil in open, waste places.
 
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