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Daucus carota

Species category

Vegetable

Common name

Queen Anne's lace

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

MericarpMericarp:
One-half of a two-sectioned fruit known as a schizocarp (e.g. carrot).

Shape

OvalOval:
Broadly elliptic.
, ellipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.
 plano-convex, one flat side

Size

  • Length 3 mm
  • Width 1.5 mm
  • Thickness 1.5 mm

Color

Yellow ribs, brown interspaces

Texture

Strong longitudinal ribs alternating with weaker ridges

Other structures

Ribs with long, flat appendages

Identification notes

Long, pointed stylarStylar:
The end of the fruit or seed that contains the style or the apical end.
 neck (stylopodium); strong ridges alternating with weaker ridges; ridges with long straplike appendages which are often broken off by conditioning. This species is difficult to distinguish from the wild carrot species.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weed: Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia

AOSA examination list

Included

More information

For more information, see ISMA fact sheets, Daucus carota L. subsp. carota or Daucus carota subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Schübl. & G. Martens .

Nomenclature

Family

Apiaceae

Valid name

Daucus carota L.

Daucus carota. Mericarps with ridges with long straplike appendages, which are often broken off by conditioning. Photo courtesy of Colorado State University, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences.
Daucus carota. Mericarps with ridges with long straplike appendages, which are often broken off by conditioning. Photo courtesy of Colorado State University, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences.