The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1789
Latest year: 2007

County Status
Native

Family
Apiaceae

Total records held
239

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 110	140
Tetrads: 98	121
Hectads: 24	33

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Aug 18 2004

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Wild Carrot is an occasional native biennial of grassland waysides and waste places, on well-drained, often calcareous, soils. It is also widely grown as a vegetable in gardens. It is occasional throughout the eastern part of our area as near Caldwell (SK2618), Erewash Meadows (SK5033) and Beighton (SK4484). Elsewhere it is rare as at Parwich (SK1954) and Hollingworth (SK0097). Our wild plant is the subspecies Xxcarota but some records, particularly those from waste places, probably relate to escapes of the cultivated subspecies Xxsativus