Not an accepted name (status: unknown). The accepted name is Daucus carota subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Schübl. & G.Martens, 1834.

Daucus carota var. sativus DC., 1753 18% complete

No common name

Sp. Pl.: 242 (1753)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Daucus carota var. sativus, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced7 Source not recorded7 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author DC. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 242 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank var No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status unknown No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Family common name Carrot family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 75 cm Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration biennial Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric)
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light Sourced
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Soil nutriments empty
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record