Flora

Daucus carota L.

Family: Apiaceae

Flowering Time: Feb-Apr.

General Appearance

Daucus carota L. / Infraspecific taxa: Daucus carota ssp. carota / Heterotypic Synonyms: Daucus gingidium Georgi // Infraspecific taxa: Daucus carota ssp. capillifolius (Gilli) Arbizu / Homotypic Synonyms: Daucus capillifolius Gilli /// Infraspecific taxa: Daucus carota ssp. maritimus (Lam.) Batt, it is an annual or biennial, variable in habit and branching; stems 10-100(-150) cm, glabrous to hispid. Leaves 2- to 3-pinnate, rarely less divided, the segments linear to lanceolate, glabrous to pubescent, thin or fleshy; upper cauline leaves often bract-like. Umbels concave, flat or convex, with a variable number of rays. Bracts as long as the rays or shorter, 1- to 2-pinnatisect; bracteoles of outer partial umbels 3-sect, those of the inner simple. Petals white to purplish, often with one or several flowers of the central umbel dark purple. Fruit 2-4 mm; spines on the secondary ridges not longer than the width of the mericarps.

Life Form

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:

Tripoli 1972,1974, 1978 (25 km) from Al-Assa, on road Ragdalin Zoara 1976 Garabouli 1978 El-Zawia 2015 Mallaha Wetland Tripoli 2016 Coastal of Tripoli 2020

Zliten-Misurata Plain:

Kaam area 2005

Sirte Plains:

Sirte 2015

Jabal Nafusa:

Mizda 1977 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013

Al-Qibla area:

(116 km) from Mizda to Algariat 1977

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_daucuscarota.php, https://maltawildplants.com/APIA/Daucus_carota.php, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/daucus/carota/, https://www.i-flora.com/en/fact-sheets/phylogenetic-tree/art/show/daucus-carota.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:841063-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/841063-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000638442, https://www.gbif.org/species/3034742, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/27247/daucus-carota-l, https://maltawildplants.com/APIA/Daucus_carota.php, https://www.cretanflora.com/daucus_carota_maximus.html, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/346.html, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/daucus/carota/, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_daucuscarota.php, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/94503/tab/fiche, https://www.i-flora.com/en/fact-sheets/phylogenetic-tree/art/show/daucus-carota.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daucus_carota

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Apiaceae Vol. (117) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Biodiversity of the coastal flora of Tripoli Province. Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 58: 13-19, 2020. BRC http://www.brc.amu.edu.pl, http://brc.amu.edu.pl/pdf-127341-54763?filename=Biodiversity%20of%20the.pdf, http://brc.amu.edu.pl/Issue-58-2020,9131

Mahklouf, M.H. &Al-Sghair, F.G. (2016) Floristic and Inventory Study of Mallaha Wetland Tripoli – Libya. American Journal of Life Science Researches, Oct 2016, Volume 4, Issue 4.PP (119-123) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

Al-Fiqi, Abd al-Salam M., Abul-Qasim, R. (2015) Inventory of the vegetation cover surrounding Al-Zawiya University. The Libyan Journal of Science Volume 18, 2014/2015 .(In Arabic) https://uot.edu.ly/journals/index.php/ljs/issue/view/24

Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf

Al-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic)

Al-Shif, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic)

Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic).