''Daucus broteri'', commonly known as Brotero's carrot, is a wild relative of ''

Daucus carota ''Daucus carota'', whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old Wor ...

'' that can be found across the northeast

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and the

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. It grows in cultivated and plantation-type land.

Description

''Daucus broteri'' forms disc-shaped bunches of white flowers called

Umbels In botany, an umbel is an inflorescence that consists of a number of short flower stalks (called pedicels) that spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs. The word was coined in botanical usage in the 1590s, from Latin ''umbella'' "p ...

that bloom between April and August. It grows up to 10 to 30 cm with an upright stem that's heavily branched at the base with a single, long taproot and leaves that are bi-pinnate.

References

* * Daucus Flora of Europe Plants described in 1830 {{Apiaceae-stub