wild carrot (Daucus carota) observed in Marsh Cswy, Knotts Island, NC, US
iNaturalist: pewatson
Citizen Science
Wild carrot growing along a coastal marsh causeway is a reminder that the ancestor of every grocery-store carrot is still out there — blooming in roadsides near you, edible in its first year, and worth knowing before it bolts.
Someone spotted wild carrot — the plant that domestic carrots were bred from — growing along a causeway road near a coastal marsh in North Carolina. The sighting was confirmed as research-grade by the iNaturalist community, meaning multiple people agreed on the identification. Wild carrot is common across much of North America, but tracking where it grows helps scientists and naturalists understand how plants spread into new or changing habitats like coastal edges.
Key Findings
Research-grade observation confirmed by the iNaturalist community at Marsh Cswy, Knotts Island, NC
Wild carrot (Daucus carota) documented in a coastal marsh-adjacent roadside habitat in coastal North Carolina
Observation contributes a georeferenced data point to citizen-science biodiversity records for the southeastern US coast
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A wild carrot (Queen Anne's lace) was spotted and verified on Marsh Causeway in Knotts Island, NC — a coastal Carolina location where this widespread but often overlooked plant continues to establish itself in disturbed roadsides and marsh edges.
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Research-grade observation of wild carrot in Marsh Cswy, Knotts Island, NC, US.
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Daucus carota, whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, carrot flower, and Queen Anne's lace, is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old World with a number of regional subspecies, and is naturalised w...