Daucus carota subsp. Gummifer
Apiaceae
June to September
Mainly Southwest and South, thinly scattered elsewhere
For a map see the Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora - Sea Carrot
It is found by the coast, mailnly on grassland on cliffs and stabilised sand dunes.
Sea Carrot is a native, biennial herbs growing up to 1.5m.
It is very similar to Wild Carrot, but Sea Carrot has stouter, more succulent stems, darker green leaves, the fruiting-umbels are more saucer-like in shape and it is confined to the coast.
Sea Carrot is most different from Wild Carrot in the West, in Cornwall and Devon. The differences get progressively less the further east and north you go.
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Sea Carrot on cliff slide, Charmouth, Dorset
Different aged flower heads
White flower head
Pink flower head with forked bracts
Close up of individual flowers
Saucer-shaped immature flower head
Leaves and hairy stem
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