Taxon: Daucus carota L. subsp. carota

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

ID°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

See other conspecific taxa:

• Daucus carota (1015 accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. azoricus (no accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. cantabricus (no accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. commutatus (3 accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. drepanensis (2 accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. fontanesii (2 accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. gadecaei (1 accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. gummifer (5 accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. halophilus (1 accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. hispanicus (2 accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. major (5 accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. majoricus (no accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. maritimus (14 accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. maximus (9 accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. parviflorus (no accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. rupestris (no accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. sativus (8 accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. sativus var. atrorubens (2 accessions)
• Daucus carota subsp. sativus var. sativus (101 accessions)

Common names:

• Queen Anne's-lace   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• queen's-lace   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• salosi   (Source: M. G. Pimenov, p.c.) – English
  
• wild carrot   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• ye hu luo bo   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Harmful organism host: crop diseases   (in carrot fide WorldWeeds 295. 1997)
  
• Harmful organism host: crop pests   (in carrot fide WorldWeeds 295. 1997)
  
• Gene sources: primary genetic relative of carrot   (fide Theor Appl Genet 101:227. 2000, based on close affinities to cultivated D. carota subsp. sativus)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Weed TabCIBA)
  

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View toxicology references for Daucus carota subsp. carota from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• naturalized elsewhere in temperate regions

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China

References:

• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1974. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables. [= D. carota].
• Castroviejo, S. et al., eds. 1989–. Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Holm, L. et al. 1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution. 295.
• Ichikawa, H. et al. 1989. Mitochondrial genome diversity among cultivars of Daucus carota (ssp. sativus) and their wild relatives. Theor. Appl. Genet. 77:39–43.
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Lee, B,-Y. et al. 2001. Relationships within the spiny-fruited umbellifers (Scandiceae subtribes Daucinae and Torilidinae) as assessed by phylogenetic analysis of morphological characters. Syst. Bot. 26:622–642.
• Lee, B.-Y. & S. R. Downie. 1999. A molecular phylogeny of Apiaceae tribe Caucalidae and related taxa: inferences based on ITS sequence data. Syst. Bot. 24:461–479.
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. [mentions].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus.
• Nakajima, Y. et al. 1998. Characterization of genetic diversity of nuclear and mitochondrial genomes in Daucus varieties by RAPD and AFLP. Pl. Cell Rep. 17:848–853.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Nothnagel, T. et al. 2000. Male sterility in populations of Daucus and the development of alloplasmic male-sterile lines of carrot. Pl. Breed. (New York) 119:145–152.
• Pimenov, M. G. 1996. pers. comm. [re. English common names].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Pottier-Alapetite, G. 1979–1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones.
• Press, J. R. & M. J. Short, eds. 1994. Flora of Madeira.
• Pujadas Salvà, A. J. 2002. El complejo de Daucus carota L. (Apiaceae) en la Flora Ibérica. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 59:370.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Rong, J. et al. 2010. Historical and contemporary gen dispersal in wild carrot (Daucus carota subsp. carota) populations. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106:285–296.
• Sáenz Laín, C. 1981. Research on Daucus L. (Umbelliferae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 37:487–488.
• Shim, S. I. & R. B. Jørgensen. 2000. Genetic structure in cultivated and wild carrots (Daucus carota L.) revealed by AFLP analysis. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101:227–233.
• Small, E. 1978. A numerical taxonomic analysis of the Daucus carota complex. Canad. J. Bot. 56:248–276.
• Spalik, K. & S. R. Downie. 2007. Intercontinental disjunctions in Cryptotaenia (Apiaceae, Oenantheae): an appraisal using molecular data. J. Biogeogr. 34:2039–2054.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Valdés, B. et al., eds. 2002. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du nord du Maroc, incluant des clés d'identification.
• Wijnheijmer et al. 1988. Taxon 37:175–184.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). [as D. carota var. carota].
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.

Check other web resources for Daucus carota L. subsp. carota:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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