Daucus carota, whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, carrot flower, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of Afro-Eurasia with a number of regional subspecies, and is naturalised widely elsewhere. Carrots cultivated as a food crop are cultivars of the domesticated subspecies Daucus carota subsp. sativus.
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Is it poisonous?
Considered toxic. Public sources list it as such; we have not verified this individually. D. carota contains falcarinol, which is dangerously toxic to humans. It has also been reported to contain acetone, asarone, choline, ethanol, formic acid, hydrogen cyanide, isobutyric acid, limonene, malic acid,… Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Apiales
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Daucus
- Species
- Daucus carota
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