Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Wild Carrot, Daucus carota, Mealbhacán
Photographs: Crookhaven, Co. Cork

Wild Carrot
Daucus carota subsp. carota
Mealbhacán
Family: Apiaceae

Flowering time: June-August. Biennial. Native.

Umbels of small whitish flowers, the central flower often red. Bracts and bracteoles present. Umbel rays contracted and concave in fruit. Leaves are pinnate, lanceolate-oval with pinnatifid leaflets. An erect, narrowly branched, slightly hairy plant with ridged stems. Height to 100cm.

Calcareous soils among grassland and on roadsides and coastal cliffs

Similar: Sea Carrot (D. carota subsp. gummifer). Blunter, fleshy leaflets. Umbels only slightly contract in fruit. Coastal SW, SE Ireland

Wild Carrot, Daucus carota, Mealbhacán

Wild Carrot, Daucus carota, Mealbhacán

Wild Carrot, Daucus carota, Mealbhacán
Wild Carrot, Daucus carota, Mealbhacán

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