NameThatPlant.net: Daucus pusillus

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Daucus pusillus FAMILY Apiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Hardly anyone seems to have seen it in recent decades. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Daucus pusillus FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-05-002:

Daucus pusillus FAMILY Apiaceae

COMMON NAME:
American Queen Anne's Lace, American Carrot, American Wild Carrot, Seed-ticks

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Daucus pusillus FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Daucus pusillus FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-05-002:
Daucus pusillus FAMILY Apiaceae

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Forb
Annual

Habitat: Rocky prairies, open woodlands, pastures, fields, roadsides, waste places, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary

Flowers in compound umbels

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps

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