Common Name: | Wild carrot |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Genus: | Daucus |
Species: | carota |
Classification/Rank: | Very Invasive |
Method of Transportation: | |
Habitat/Range: | • identified in Prince George at the old weigh scale |
• coarse biennial herb from a taproot; grows 0.2 to 1.2 m tall
• stems single, hairy throughout to nearly smooth
• basal and stem leaves pinnately dissected with small narrow ultimate segments
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