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Domestic Carrot
Domestic Carrot
Daucus carota sativus
Plantae
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
Biennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Europe and Southwest Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Rare

About

The familiar orange root vegetable, a cultivated subspecies of wild carrot prized for its sweet taproot and feathery green tops. The orange variety was bred in 17th-century Netherlands; earlier carrots came in purple, white, and yellow.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Daucus
Species
Daucus carota