SPECIMEN / APIACEAE
Daucus carota subsp. maximus
Wild Carrot
Origin to be documented
SPECIES REFERENCE / Daucus carota
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 Afro-Eurasia 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.
This description covers the referenced species, not the specific cultivar, provenance, or seed selection.
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- Botanical family
- Apiaceae
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