Wild carrot sightings spike as naturalists log it everywhere
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Phenology
That lacy white flower cluster growing in the ditch by your driveway is wild carrot, the ancestor of the orange carrot in your fridge, and it's blooming right now across a huge range.
Wild carrot, also called Queen Anne's lace, is the wild ancestor of the carrots you eat. This week over a thousand people uploaded confirmed sightings of it to iNaturalist, meaning it's flowering heavily and easy to spot in fields, roadsides, and vacant lots right now.
Key Findings
1,075 research-grade observations of wild carrot (Daucus carota) were logged on iNaturalist in a single week
The species ranked among the most-observed plants on the platform during this period
High observation counts typically track with peak summer bloom timing for this species
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Wild carrot is having a big week on iNaturalist, with over a thousand people logging sightings of this common roadside flower, showing how much amateur naturalists notice the plants growing right around them.
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Trending: wild carrot (Daucus carota) — 1075 observations this week
wild carrot is among the most observed plant species this week with 1075 research-grade observations.
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