wild carrot

Daucus carota

Carrot family (Apiaceae) 6

Summary 7

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.

Learn more 6

Cornell Weed Identification, Cornell University.
Wisconsin Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Weed of the Month, Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Midwest Invasive Species Information Network.
Invasipedia, Bugwood & The Nature Conservancy.

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  1. (c) pwilson4, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by pwilson4, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/85548220
  2. (c) lvconrad1977, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by lvconrad1977, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29021063
  3. (c) Eleftherios Katsillis, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Eleftherios Katsillis, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71720981
  4. (c) Acácio Costa, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Acácio Costa, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20788593
  5. (c) explore413, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by explore413, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82412954
  6. (c) Isaac Winkler, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  7. Adapted by Isaac Winkler from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daucus_carota

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iNat Map

Flower hue white
Plant family Apiaceae