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Pictorial guide to the flora of the British Isles
Short plants growing near the sea, with umbels that hardly contract in fruit, are assigned to Daucus carota subsp. gummifer.
Holyhead Island (VC52: Anglesey); 2007-05-29 |
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The inflorescence of Daucus carota often includes a single dark red flower in the centre.
Pisarovina, Croatia; 2004-10-02 |
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Inflorescence from below, showing the numerous branched bracts.
Oxford (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2012-07-22 |
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Daucus carota subsp. sativus is the domesticated carrot.
Oxford (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2015-10-03 |
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When in fruit, the heads of Daucus carota subsp. carota close up distinctively.
Wienerwald, Austria; 2004-09-19 |
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The fruiting heads of Daucus carota subsp. gummifer (right) hardly close up at all.
South Stack (VC52: Anglesey); 2015-10-09 |
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All images copyright © Christopher J. Dixon unless otherwise indicated.
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