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Daucus carota is a species of plant that includes both wild and cultivated varieties, with the cultivated form being the common carrot we eat. It matters because it has been an important food crop for humans for centuries and remains widely grown around the world today.
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Species
Least Concernwild carrot
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderApiales
- FamilyApiaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde
Observations189,994
野胡萝卜（学名：Daucus carota），又稱鹤虱草，为伞形科胡萝卜属的植物。分布于欧洲南部、大洋洲、欧洲、世界广布、北美洲、南美洲、东南亚地区、西亚、北非、俄罗斯高加索、美洲大陆、地中海沿岸、地中海地区、中亚地区、亚洲以及中国大陆的四川、江西、湖北、贵州、江苏、浙江等地，生长于海拔400米至2,100米的地区，一般生长在旷野、山坡路旁或田间。 胡萝卜（D. c. subsp. sativa）就是本种最常见的人工栽培亚种。
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Research
3,300 papersArticle
Daucus carota, whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, carrot flower, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old World with a number of regional subspecies, and is naturalised widely elsewhere. Carrots cultivated as a food crop are cultivars of the domesticated subspecies Daucus carota subsp. sativus.
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