Plant chemicals are known to reduce weight gain and fertility in livestock that eat wild parsnip," according to the invasive species website.

Audrey Cain created a Facebook post in July of 2023 about her toddler daughter Ella's unfortunate experience with wild parsnip, a tall, stemmy plant with delicate yellow flowers.

Check out our list of the best plants to grow in the High Desert in September, as recommended by the Victor Valley gardening community.

Wild parsnip was brought here from Europe and Asia and seems to be here to stay. Each plant lives for two years, flowering the last year of its life.

Of all the people I know, I suspect Joe Derek is the only one who would reach out to tell me he has 50 cow parsnip plants growing in his backyard. I did not initially share his excitement for them ...