The wild carrot or European wild carrot is the mother of the carrot, its botanical name is Daucus carota subsp. carota. The “subsp.” indicates that it is a subspecies of Daucus carota. There can be several subspecies of a species, which, in very simple terms, are plants of the same species that colonise different habitats and have individually adapted to them.
Like the carrot, the wild carrot grows biennially. In the first year only leaves appear, the umbellate inflorescence follows the next summer. As soon as the seeds are ripe, the plant dies.
In the neighbourhood of gardens and garden areas, it may also be edible carrots that can be seen flowering.
Why it is worth not harvesting all the carrots in the garden.
Because the flowers of this plant are extremely popular with insects.
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