Daucus carota
The story
In North America, the wild carrot is fondly known as Queen Anne's lace, though in other parts of the world, this white-flowering beauty is called bishop's lace or a bird's nest. Originally native to the temperate regions of the Old World, it has traveled across oceans to become naturalized in both North America and Australia.
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- Family
- Apiaceae
How to use it
Wild carrots are known to attract beneficial insects, making them useful for promoting biodiversity in gardens. Their flowers provide nectar for pollinators, while their foliage can serve as a habitat for various small creatures.
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In the kitchen
The carrots we commonly cultivate and eat as a food crop are specific domesticated cultivars known scientifically as Daucus carota subsp. sativus.
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About
Daucus carota, whose common names include wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a white, flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe and southwest Asia, and naturalized to North America and Australia.
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Daucus carota
- Slug
- daucus-carota
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Daucus
- Species
- carota
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 40
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