Wild Carrot
ಗಜ್ಜರಿजंगली गाजरமஞ்சள் முள்ளங்கி
Daucus carota L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 91 cm
- wide
- —
Apiaceae
Formerly Caucalis carota
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsUniversity of Kentucky Equine Programs lists it as toxic to horses (28 Oct 2026)
PeopleNC State Extension lists it as mildly poisonous (leaves, sap) (25 Oct 2026)
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- BiennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Macaronesia to N. Africa and Ethiopia, Europe to S. ChinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 1.2 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, purple, violetRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- Hindi
- जंगली गाजर
- Tamil
- மஞ்சள் முள்ளங்கி
- Kannada
- ಗಜ್ಜರಿ
- Malayalam
- കാരറ്റ്
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- University of Kentucky Equine Programs, read 2026-10-28, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Daucus carota (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.