wild carrot

Daucus carota

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About wild carrot

Daucus carota, whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, carrot flower, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old World with a number of regional subspecies, and is naturalised widely elsewhere. Carrots cultivated as a food crop are cultivars of the domesticated subspecies Daucus carota subsp. sativus.

Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Plant Details

Scientific name
Daucus carota
Genus
Daucus
Family
APIACEAE
Conservation status
Not Evaluated (NE)
Illustration representing the APIACEAE family
Botanical family

Apiaceae

Carrot family

wild carrot belongs to the Apiaceae family.

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