Daucus decipiens

A large plant that grows with a spreading crown and a woody stem, like a New Zealand cabbage tree. It flowers from November to January in the Southern hemisphere.{{Cite web |title=Flora of New Zealand {{!}} Taxon Profile {{!}} Daucus decipiens |url=https://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/taxon/Daucus-decipiens.html |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=www.nzflora.info}}

The seeds can live for up to a year. The species is biennial or perennial.

Erect biennial or perennial. Stems up to 2 m high and 4 cm diam., woody and leafless in lower parts with distinct lf scars, with pith in centre and hollow in parts. Stem lvs with fine hairs on rachis and midribs, otherwise glabrous, 2–3-pinnate (seedling lvs 1-pinnate); ultimate segments ovate to lanceolate, pinnatisect or not lobed, serrate, 15–20 mm long, shortly petiolulate or sessile; lvs of infl.-branches much reduced; petiole sparsely to moderately hairy, striate. Umbels up to 20 cm diam.; rays numerous; bracts 10–12, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, sometimes serrate, up to 5 cm long; bracteoles 7–12, lanceolate. Fls numerous, white to purplish. Fr. dark brown, sparsely hairy, 12–18 mm long.{{Cite web |title=Flora of New Zealand {{!}} Taxon Profile {{!}} Daucus decipiens |url=https://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/taxon/Daucus-decipiens.html |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=www.nzflora.info}}{{Cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=Karen L. |last2=Webb |first2=Colin |last3=Sykes |first3=William Russell |last4=Garnock-Jones |first4=Philip John |date=1990-01-01 |title=Flora of New Zealand Volume IV: Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93616405 |journal=Kew Bulletin |language=English |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=602 |doi=10.2307/4110535|jstor=4110535 |bibcode=1990KewBu..45..602W |url-access=subscription }}

This plant was previously described as Melanosilenum decipiens.{{Cite web |title=Parsnip palm (NZ) |url=https://www.nzor.org.nz/names/065b69b2-e36c-4464-b0d3-7994a538246d |access-date=3 November 2024 |website=NZOR}}

Madeira, Portugal.{{Cite web |title=Daucus decipiens (Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.) Spalik, Wojew., Banasiak & Reduron {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77158614-1 |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}

Introduced to Great Britain, and to New Zealand in 1969. It is considered an invasive pest in the Wellington area,{{Cite web |date=2022-11-01 |title=Kiwi carrot (in a box): New Zealand's native carrot on display |url=https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2022/11/02/kiwi-carrot-in-a-box-new-zealands-native-carrot-on-display/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Te Papa’s Blog |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-01 |title=Weed Action Workshop |url=https://www.manawakarioi.nz/newsblog/weed-action-workshop |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Manawa Karioi |language=en-US}} and is in both the North and South Islands.

It likes sunny, well-drained areas. It can grow well along roadsides.{{Cite web |title=parsnip palm, Melanoselinum decipiens (Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.) Hoffm.|url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/2018965 |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=collections.tepapa.govt.nz}}

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decipiens

Category:Invasive species in New Zealand

Category:Plants described in 1797

Category:Endemic flora of Madeira

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