Chirivía
Pastinaca sativa
Una hortaliza bienal de raíz para estación fría de la familia de las zanahorias (Apiaceae), cultivada como anual por su dulce y carnosa raíz pivotante. Originaria de Eurasia y ampliamente naturalizada en Norteamérica, forma una roseta de grandes hojas compuestas durante el primer año y —si se deja un segundo año— produce tallos altos coronados con umbelas planas de pequeñas flores amarillas. La raíz se vuelve más dulce tras una helada intensa, pero todas las partes de la planta contienen furocumarinas: la savia en contacto con piel expuesta bajo la luz solar provoca graves quemaduras con ampollas.
Climate fit: moderate (63/100)
Edible
Light
Full sun
Water
Moderate water
Mature size
12-18" tall · 4" apart
Hardy in zones
2a-9b
brutally cold to frosty winters
AHS heat range
1-9
Plant range authored in AHS heat-zone terms.
Native in Illinois
No
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La carnosa y dulce raíz pivotante de las plantas de primer año es comestible cruda, horneada, hervida, en puré, asada, frita, a la parrilla o al vapor (NC State Extension).
Cold hardiness
Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
✓
Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.
Heat tolerance
Future
Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Where this plant fits
Suitable across 41 ecoregions — 40 climate-resilient through 2070 · 1 suited today. Best matches first.
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
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Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
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Arizona Mountains forests
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Atlantic coastal pine barrens
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Blue Mountains forests
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Canadian Aspen forests and parklands
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Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
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Central Tallgrass prairie
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Central-Southern Cascades Forests
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Chilean Matorral
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Sources & citations
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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Chirivía (Pastinaca sativa). Retrieved 2026, June 14, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/pastinaca-sativa
Sources for every fact
Every fact on this page traces to a source. 18 fields cited - 18 source-backed.
NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
University extension service
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