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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Daucus carota ssp. carota   FAMILY Apiaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Daucus carota   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-05-001:

Daucus carota   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Daucus carota

 

COMMON NAME:
Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot, Bird's Nest


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_daca6_001_lhd

        

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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_283

        

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Gill Newberry    gn05_d_carota_top_inf

May        

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JK Marlow    jkm0505j_32

May    Haywood County    NC

Parking lot

Erect, usually branched, hairy biennial to 2m from a strong taproot, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

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JK Marlow    jkm180509_2043

May    Greenville County    SC

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdcarota_nt2

May        

The central flower of each umbel is maroon, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Roxanna Martin    rlm52211_29

May    Spartanburg County    SC

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Roxanna Martin    rlm52609_048

May    Spartanburg County    SC

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Roxanna Martin    rlm53010_260

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Involucral bracts scarious-margined [margin somewhat translucent, not green], per Weakley's Flora.


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Roxanna Martin    rlm53010_273

May    Spartanburg County    SC

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Roxanna Martin    rlm53010_354

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Outermost flowers of the umbel often irregular, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Gill Newberry    gn06_d_carota_inf_bracts

June        

Involucral bracts pinnately divided into linear to filiform segments, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm0206c_15

June    Greenville County    SC

The umbel and its developing seeds form a "bird's nest", per All About Weeds (Spencer, 1940).

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JK Marlow    jkm0306c_28

June    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm0306d_30

June    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Flowers white - or rarely pale purple, in flat heads or umbels, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962).

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JK Marlow    jkm0306d_31

June    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm140615_024

June    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

The branching pattern of a compound umbel is more easily seen from underneath.

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JK Marlow    jkm210709_1923

July    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm210709_1924

July    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm0308l_19

August    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm150808_582

August    Watauga County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    jkm141001_017

October    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm141001_017b

October    Greenville County    SC

Bristles of fruit simple or weakly uncinate, rarely weakly glochidiate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm141009_099

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaf stalks in the Apiaceae usually have a broad sheathing base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm141009_101

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Unlike the cultivated carrot (ssp. sativus), the root of ssp. carota is woody and tan in color, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

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JK Marlow    jkm0411b_35

November    Madison County    NC

Max Patch

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John Cardina, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_1552204

Month Unknown        

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Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California    bug_5374195

Month Unknown        

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Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org     bug_5438584

Month Unknown        

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Tim Spira    tps_dcarota

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Daucus carota ssp. carota   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Daucus carota   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-05-001:
Daucus carota   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Daucus carota

 

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438

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Pastures, fields, roadsides, waste places, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 stamens
Inferior ovary

Flowers in compound umbels

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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