Daucus carota L., 1753 43% complete

Carrot

Sp. Pl.: 242 (1753)

Data sources

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Sourced17 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 242 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Carrot No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Carrot family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Macaronesia to NW. Africa, Europe to S. China No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 45 cm
  • 45.3 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 211 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 50, 76, 88, 133, 164, 174, 175, 178, 251, 320, 327, 347, 353, 429, 474, 500, 519, 569, 589, 654, 655, 818, 866, 882, 884, 897, 898, 925, 926
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 45.3 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 211 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 50, 76, 88, 133, 164, 174, 175, 178, 251, 320, 327, 347, 353, 429, 474, 500, 519, 569, 589, 654, 655, 818, 866, 882, 884, 897, 898, 925, 926
  • Superseded 45.3 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 211 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 50, 76, 88, 133, 164, 174, 175, 178, 251, 320, 327, 347, 353, 429, 474, 500, 519, 569, 589, 654, 655, 818, 866, 882, 884, 897, 898, 925, 926
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 176 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 600, 655, 882, 918, 925
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 176 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 600, 655, 882, 918, 925
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 176 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 600, 655, 882, 918, 925
Sourced
Flower color white
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Flower conspicuous true
  • true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Foliage texture medium
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Fruit shape mericarp
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded mericarp · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 600, 882
  • Superseded mericarp · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 600, 882
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 90 cm
  • 90 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 50, 76, 88, 133, 164, 174, 175, 178, 251, 320, 327, 347, 353, 429, 474, 500, 519, 569, 589, 654, 655, 818, 866, 882, 884, 897, 898, 925, 926
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 90 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 50, 76, 88, 133, 164, 174, 175, 178, 251, 320, 327, 347, 353, 429, 474, 500, 519, 569, 589, 654, 655, 818, 866, 882, 884, 897, 898, 925, 926
  • Superseded 90 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 50, 76, 88, 133, 164, 174, 175, 178, 251, 320, 327, 347, 353, 429, 474, 500, 519, 569, 589, 654, 655, 818, 866, 882, 884, 897, 898, 925, 926
Sourced
Vegetable true
  • true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Phenology
Bloom months apr, may, jun, jul
  • apr, may, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-20
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 50, 174, 600
3 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded feb, apr, may, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 50, 174, 600
  • Superseded feb, apr, may, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 50, 174, 600
  • Superseded feb, apr, may, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 50, 174, 600
Sourced
Duration annual, biennial, perennial
  • annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 181 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 50, 71, 110, 164, 178, 460, 534, 818, 882, 918, 925
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 181 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 50, 71, 110, 164, 178, 460, 534, 818, 882, 918, 925
  • Superseded annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 181 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 50, 71, 110, 164, 178, 460, 534, 818, 882, 918, 925
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity
  • 5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
  • Superseded 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 110, 444, 445
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 110, 444, 445
  • Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 110, 444, 445
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7
  • pH 7 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 6.5
  • pH 6.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
  • Superseded 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 92 cm
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty
  • 10.4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 131 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 50, 76, 88, 307, 347, 412, 687
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 10.4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 131 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 50, 76, 88, 307, 347, 412, 687
  • Superseded 10.4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 131 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 50, 76, 88, 307, 347, 412, 687
Not on the record
Other
Human usage type —
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded vegetables_and_fruits · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 414
  • Superseded vegetables_and_fruits · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 414
Not on the record
Propagation method —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Shade tolerance —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Soil ph indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Temperature indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record