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Wild Carrot - Daucus carota

Height up to 1M (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 to September. D. carota ssp. sativus is the cultivated carrot.

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