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Villous deadly carrot
Thapsia villosa
About
Thapsia villosa, commonly known as the villous deadly carrot, is a species of poisonous herbaceous plants in the genus Thapsia. It grows to about 70 to 190 cm in height. It has pinnate hairy leaves with sheath-like petioles. The flowers are yellow in color and borne on compound umbels. They develop into fruits with four wings characteristic of the genus. It is native to southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. The plant was used extensively for traditional medicine since around the 3rd century BC.
- Family
- Apiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Thapsia villosa
- Slug
- thapsia-villosa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Thapsia
- Species
- villosa
- Wikidata QID
- Q537992
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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