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Daucus carota

Korokoro Stream, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 10/01/2011, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Coromandel. November.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

At the Coromandel. November.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Hutt River north of Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 16/04/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Hutt River north of Stokes Valley.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 16/04/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Spinous fruit on wild plant. Bushy Park, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 16/02/2017, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Umbellate inflorescence; wild plant; Bushy park, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 16/02/2017, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Spinous fruit on inflorescence of a wild plant. Bushy Park, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 16/02/2017, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Hutt River north of Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 19/09/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Inflorescence detail. Hutt River north of Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 19/09/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

wild carrot

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

White

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Daucus

Family

Apiaceae

Authority

Daucus carota L.

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1854

Origin

Europe, Asia, N. Africa

Other information

Etymology

daucus: An ancient Greek name

carota: Latin via Greek karoton ‘carrot’

NVS code

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