Daucus pusillus

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Daucus pusillus
Daucus pusillus

Daucus pusillus

Systematics
Class : Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
Asterids
Order : Umbelliferae (Apiales)
Family : Umbelliferae (Apiaceae)
Genre : Carrots ( Daucus )
Type : Daucus pusillus
Scientific name
Daucus pusillus
Michx.

Daucus pusillus is a species of the carrot genus ( Daucus ) withinthe umbelliferae family (Apiaceae). It is distributed along the west coast of North America from the Canadian province of British Columbia through the southern United States to Baja California . English-language common names are American wild carrot. and rattle-snake-weed.

description

Double-gold inflorescence

Daucus pusillus looks similar to other carrot species.

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Vegetative characteristics

Daucus pusillus grows as an herbaceous plant and forms a taproot .

Generative characteristics

On an inflorescence stem there is a double-ended inflorescence that contains small bulbs. The petals are white or purple in color.

use

The taproot is small and edible.

Daucus pusillus should not be confused with the highly poisonous spotted hemlock ( Conium maculatum ).

distribution

Daucus pusillus is distributed along the west coast of North America from the Canadian province of British Columbia through the southern United States to Baja California . In Baja California, for example, it occurs together with Diplacus aridus and Adiantum jordanii .

Taxonomy

Daucus pusillus was first published in 1803 by André Michaux in Flora Boreali-Americana , Volume 1, page 164. The specific epithet pusillus means “small” or “narrow”.

Synonyms for Daucus pusillus Michx. are: Daucus brevifolius Raf. Daucus hispidifolius Clos , Daucus montevidensis Link ex Spreng. , Daucus scaber Nutt. Larrañaga , Daucus scaber .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daucus pusillus . USDA . Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  2. ↑ BSBI List 2007 (xls) Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original on January 25, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 17, 2014.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bsbi.org.uk
  3. ^ Jepson Manual Treatment: Daucus pusillus . In: Jepson Manual . 1993. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  4. ^ Daucus pusillus . Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  5. ↑ C. Michael Hogan: Coastal Woodfern (Dryopteris arguta) , Global Twitcher (ed. N. Stromberg) . 2008. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011.
  6. ↑ a b Daucus pusillus at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed October 26, 2019.
  7. ↑ a b Daucus pusillus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved October 26, 2019.

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