Daucus pusillus

Daucus pusillus is a species of wild carrot known by the common names American wild carrot[2] and rattle-snake-weed.[3] Its Latin name means "little carrot", or "tiny carrot". It is similar in appearance to other species and subspecies of wild carrot, with umbels of white or pinkish flowers.[4]

Daucus pusillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Daucus
Species:
D. pusillus
Binomial name
Daucus pusillus
Synonyms[1]
  • Babiron pusillum Raf.
  • Daucus brevifolius Raf.
  • Daucus hispidifolius Clos
  • Daucus montevidensis Link ex Spreng.
  • Daucus scaber Larrañaga
  • Daucus scaber Nutt.
  • Daucus scadiophylus Raf.

The taproots are small, edible carrots. This is a common plant found in the southern U.S. and along the west coast of North America from Baja California to British Columbia; as an example occurrence in Baja California, D. pusillus occurs in association with Mimulus aridus and Adiantum jordanii.[5] It should not be confused with Conium maculatum, which is highly poisonous.[6]

References
  1. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 1 October 2015
  2. "Daucus pusillus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. Jepson Manual. 1993. Jepson Manual Treatment: Daucus pusillus
  5. C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Coastal Woodfern (Dryopteris arguta), GlobalTwitcher, ed. N. Stromberg Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Daucus Pusillus


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