Wild carrot is sometimes referred to as the subspecies carota, whereas the carotene-rich, orange-rooted cultivated carrot is D.
We believe
wild carrots were first used about 5,000 years ago, based on the seed remains found at prehistoric sites.
At the time, there was much confusion between distinguishing the
wild carrot and parsnip and here the Greek physician Galen attempted to come to the rescue (second century A.D.) and named the
wild carrot Daucus pastinaca.
It was interesting to watch the faces of my fellow classmates as we tasted Queen Anne's lace (actually a
wild carrot), Indian cucumbers, and cattail roots.
The typical thicket in the eastern United States started with native plants such as ragweed and blackberry and European grain weeds such as burdock and
wild carrot, according to environmental educator Herb Eschbach of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Other wild edibles you might find amongst the cultivated: chickweed, wild onion, fennel, common mallow,
wild carrot. And there are many more; your harvest depends on the season and the part of the country you live in.
The recipient
wild carrot cells were treated with enzymes to remove the cell wall and expose the cell membrane.
Inside
Wild Carrot restaurant at Four Seasons hotel on a summer's evening
The carrot archive in Iowa includes hundreds of heirloom cultivated varieties as well as several hundred types of
wild carrot, some collected as long ago as the early 19th century.
Queen Anne's lace, also known as the
wild carrot, is high in sugar.
As early as the 10th century, the
wild carrot was used to ease childbirth for women.
Although this is the opening act of the umbel drama, through late spring into summer and beyond, members of the same family will carry the torch – with hogweed, hemlock and
wild carrot adorning road verge and field edge, waste ground and cliff edge.