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Wild Carrot - Daucus carota
Also known as - Queen Ann's Lace
Height up to 1 meter (3ft). Widespread, hairy perennial of rough grassland growing from a bitter taproot. Common around coasts, it grows in dry meadows, field boundaries and on slopes. Erect, branched, hairy stems, fern like leaves are 2/3 times pinnate with narrow leaflets. Flowers are pinkish in bud but white in flower occasionally yellow, central flower head appearing June - September. D. carota ssp sativus is the cultivated carrot.
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