Armenian Parsnip ( Latin Pastinaca armena ) is a perennial herb , a species of the genus Pasternak ( Pastinaca ) of the Umbrella family ( Apiaceae ).
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Pastinaca armena fisch. & CAMey. |
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It is found in the mountains of the Caucasus . It grows in subalpine and alpine meadows, in glades, in mountain forests to an altitude of 3000 m.
The root is vertical or ascending.
The stalk is straight, angularly ribbed, slightly branched, slightly pubescent with scattered soft hairs, 20-60 cm tall.
The lower stem and root leaves on the petioles are much shorter than the plates, the upper leaves are smaller and less dissected.
Inflorescences are umbrellas with rough pubescent uneven rays, the general wrapper is absent.
Fruits are glabrous or slightly pubescent, broadly ovate with three filiform dorsal and pterygoid lateral ribs.
It blooms in July and August.
The fruits contain 0.16-0.25% of essential oil with the smell of octyl alcohol .
The fruit is tested and approved as a spice in the processing of fish.