Wildflowers of the Stuttgart Area
Daucus carota
| Family : | APIACEAE (Carrot Family) |
| Common Name (UK) : | Wild Carrot |
| Common Name (DE) : | Wilde Möhre |
| Common Name (FR) : | Carotte sauvage |
| Habitat : | Dry prairies, uncultivated sandy or stony land. |
| Remarks : | "The name Carota for the garden Carrot is found first in the writings of Athenaeus (A.D. 200), and in a book on cookery by Apicius Czclius (A.D. 230). It was Galen (second century A.D.) who added the name Daucus to distinguish the Carrot from the Parsnip, calling it D. pastinaca, and Daucus came to be the official name in the sixteenth century, and was adopted by Linnaeus in the eighteenth century...From the time of Dioscorides and Pliny to the present day, the Carrot has been in constant use by all nations. It was long cultivated on the Continent before it became known in this country, where it was first generally cultivated in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, being introduced by the Flemings, who took refuge here from the persecutions of Philip II of Spain, and who, finding the soil about Sandwich peculiarly favourable for it, grew it there largely. As vegetables were at that time rather scarce in England, the Carrot was warmly welcomed and became a general favourite,
its cultivation spreading over the country. It is mentioned appreciatively by Shakespeare in The Merry Wives of Windsor." Introduced to the U.S. where it is considered a noxious weed. |
| First appearing : | July |
| Abundance : | Abundant |
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