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Wild Carrot - Daucus carota

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Wild Carrot Wild Carrot - Daucus carota dylan Clifton Downs 18 Jun 2021, 4:44 p.m. 13 Jun 2021, 10:02 a.m.
Wild Carrot Wild Carrot - Daucus carota dylan Clifton Downs 18 Jun 2021, 4:44 p.m. 13 Jun 2021, 10:02 a.m.
Wild Carrot Wild Carrot - Daucus carota dylan Sea Walls 18 Jun 2021, 4:48 p.m. 13 Jun 2021, 9:56 a.m.
Wild Carrot Wild Carrot - Daucus carota dylan Horfield Common 8 Jul 2021, 8:28 p.m. 8 Jul 2021, 5:31 p.m.
Wild Carrot Wild Carrot - Daucus carota dylan Horfield Common 8 Jul 2021, 8:30 p.m. 8 Jul 2021, 5:22 p.m.
Wild Carrot Wild Carrot - Daucus carota dylan Horfield Common 8 Jul 2021, 8:30 p.m. 8 Jul 2021, 5:22 p.m.

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Species Description

Widespread and fairly common throughout the UK, especially around coasts. Habitat includes: Places with infertile, well-drained calcareous soils such as rough grassland, chalk downs, roadsides verges, railway banks, quarries, chalk / gravel-pits, wasteland, coasts, cliff tops etc. Growing habit: Annual / Biennial. Flowers: June to August. Height: 30 - 60 cm. Other names include: Bird's-nest, Bishop's Lace, Queen Anne's lace. There are several stories as to why it is named 'Queen Anne's lace'. Most revolve around King James I's consort - the Queen Anne in question - who is said to have pricked her finger and stained some lace with a drop of blood (Wild Carrot's single red flower surrounded by frothy white blossom is quite evocative of this tale).

There are 4 subsp:

  • Wild Carrot (Daucus carota subsp. carota)
  • Sea Carrot (Daucus carota subsp. gummifer)
  • Mediterranean Carrot (Daucus carota subsp. maritimus)
  • Carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus)