Daucus carota, commonly known as wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, or Queen Anne's lace in North America, is a flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of Europe, northern Africa as far south as Ethiopia, and southwestern and eastern Asia, and has naturalized widely elsewhere. The familiar cultivated carrot is derived from the domesticated subspecies Daucus carota subsp. sativus. The species is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. Wikipedia: Daucus carota
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Carrots cultivated as a food crop are cultivars of the domesticated subspecies Daucus carota subsp.
2. Daucus carota (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q30056 (P225 taxon name)
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IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
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omesticated subspecies Daucus carota subsp. sativus. The species is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN.
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