in taxon vegetable-producing plant, root, tuber or bulb carrot plant Daucus carota ssp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. Daucus carota L. subsp. carota Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. Daucus carota ssp. carota L. MANSFELD:1080 Daucus carota L. Daucus L. LanguaL curation note: Use for both wild and domesticated (garden) carrot. The is some disagreement concerning the scientific name. The carrot (*Daucus carota* subsp. *sativus*) is a root vegetable, usually orange, purple, red, white, or yellow in colour, with a crisp texture when fresh. The edible part of a carrot is a taproot. It is a domesticated form of the wild carrot *Daucus carota*, native to Europe and southwestern Asia. It has been bred for its greatly enlarged and more palatable, less woody-textured edible taproot, but is still the same species. [Wikipedia] \n\n*Daucus carota* (common names include wild carrot, (UK) bird's nest, bishop's lace, and (US) Queen Anne's lace) is a flowering plant in the family *Apiaceae*, native to temperate regions of Europe, southwest Asia and naturalised to northeast North America; domesticated carrots are cultivars of a subspecies, *Daucus carota* subsp. *sativus*. Like the cultivated carrot, the wild carrot root is edible while young, but quickly becomes too woody to consume. [Wikipedia] baby carrot plant bird's nest daucus carota queen anne's lace wild carrot plant Daucus carota ready for release