Daucus Carota

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Read about Daucus Carota in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Daucus Carota, Linn. Figs. 821, 822. Bristly biennial, with twice- or thrice-pinnatifid lvs., the ultimate divisions cut and pointed: fls. crowded in umbellets, mostly white but sometimes blush or even pale yellow, some of the marginal fls. larger; rays of umbel numerous; involucre of many elongated-subulate divisions: fr. (or "seed") small, greenish or brownish, somewhat convex on one side and plane on the opposite side grooved, bristly, aromatic. Eu. Under cult., the root has been greatly developed into many edible forms. Var. Boissieri, Schweinf., from Egypt and also in Spain, has blood-red or violet-colored roots. Gt. 1904:1527. L. H. B. CH


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