Last year put poison hemlock on everyone’s radar and this year is no exception. This white-flowered toxic weed is well above 6-feet tall at this point in the growing season, and in bloom. A defining ...

WILLMAR -- Wild parsnip, a noxious weed which can cause painful burns and blisters, has been spotted in Willmar. The city has put out a warning to residents and visitors to keep clear of the plant if ...

Weeds are already a frustrating nightmare for some green thumbs. Now there are two weeds to beware of while you’re gardening this summer. At this time of the year, poison hemlock and wild parsnips ...

A few weeks ago I wrote a column about poison hemlock and that it was time to spray with herbicide if you wanted to control the spread. Today, I am writing about it again because it’s in full bloom ...

The season for wild parsnip, Pastinanca sativa, is in full swing, evidenced by the deceptively beautiful yellow flowers sprouting on roadsides across Vermont. But don't be duped: Wild parsnip, also ...

URBANA — I love parsnips. Often parsnips — large, white, carrot-like root vegetables — are substituted for celery in my soups and stews. The cultivated parsnip that we eat heralds from the ...

MANKATO — It looks like a pretty yellow version of Queen Anne’s lace, but wild parsnip has a toxic sap that when on the skin reacts to sunlight and can produce some horrendous burns and blisters. The ...

Carver County Environmental Services received a Minnesota Department of Agriculture noxious weed and invasive plant grant to control/eradicate wild parsnip within the county. Environmental Services ...

Wild parsnip is a biennial that was introduced to North America by the earliest European colonists, it is documented to have been grown in Virginia as early as 1609 as a food crop. In his 1913 book ...