Species

Daucus pusillus (American wild carrot)

Daucus pusillus. Photo: (c) Philip Woods, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Daucus pusillus is a species of wild carrot known by the common names American wild carrot and rattle-snake-weed. Its Latin name means “little carrot”, or “tiny carrot”. It is similar in appearance to other species and subspecies of wild carrot, with umbels of white or pinkish flowers.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Apiales (Carrots, ivies, and allies)
        Family: Apiaceae (Carrot family)
        Subfamily: Apioideae
        Tribe: Scandiceae
        Subtribe: Daucinae
        Genus: Daucus (Carrots)
        Species: Daucus pusillus (American wild carrot)

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