wild carrot, (UK) bird's nest, bishop's lace, (US) Queen Anne's lace;
Daucus carota Linn., Sp. Pl. 242. 1753. var. carota Common names: Wild carrot, Queen Anne's-lace, queen's-lace, salosi Vernacular: jangli gajjar Biennial herb up to 1 m tall; tap root slender, woody, branched, not fleshy, usually brown in colour; stem hispid; leaves 2-3 pinnate with linear to oval deeply toothed segments; inflorescence a compound umbel; involucre bracts usually divided, involucel bracts entire or divided; flowers white; ovary hispid; fruit ovoid, 2-3 mm long, spiny. Common in Kashmir valley on slopes and wastelands. Photographed from Cheshmashahi forest, Srinagar, Kashmir in June. Sir is the botanical name same for Jangli and Cultivated Gajar?
Cultivated, var. sativa Here is the key from eFlora of China 1Taproot thickened, elongate terete or clavate, fleshy, reddish, reddish-yellow, or yellow (a carrot). 1b var. sativa <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200015519>
+Taproot slender, branched, woody, not fleshy, usually brown. 1a var. carota <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242316909>
and the fruits are very spiny and winged, that must be partly responsible for tangling of fruits. Here are fresh photographs of that. 3 images.
1 image. Apiaceae Fortnight: Daucus carota var. carota from Kashmir--GSJUNE19/28 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Daucus carota Linn., Sp. Pl. 242. 1753. var. carota Common names: Wild carrot, Queen Anne's-lace, queen's-lace, salosi Vernacular: jangli gajjar Biennial herb up to 1 m tall; tap root slender, woody, branched, not fleshy, usually brown in colour; stem hispid; leaves 2-3 pinnate with linear to oval deeply toothed segments; inflorescence a compound umbel; involucre bracts usually divided, involucel bracts entire or divided; flowers white; ovary hispid; fruit ovoid, 2-3 mm long, spiny. Common in Kashmir valley on slopes and wastelands. Photographed from Cheshmashahi forest, Srinagar, Kashmir in June. a weed that takes over the meadows in ne states usa and a favorite of flower arrangers the world over. very nice close up Yes, it is Queen Ann's Lace.
Apiaceae For ID : Sri Lanka : 300314 : AK-46 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors. Seen in a resort garden in Sri Lanka. Is this Daucus carota, Queen Anne's Lace? Experts kindly confirm id. yes Daucus carota
References:
|
|
|
