"The parsnip, Pastinaca sativa L. (Peucedanum sativum Benth. and Hook.), is alien to the flora of Greece, but fairly common in Italy. ... Seeds of this have been found in the dumps of Swiss and north Italian pile dwellings of the and s; ... but it is doubtful that these came from wild parsnips which were used as a food, even though they are not carbonized, ... for the root of the wild parsnip is of dubious alimentary value; and Hoops ... and L. Reinhardt ... are probably wrong in thinking that the plant was cultivated."