| Scientific Name: | Daucus carota ssp. sativus |
| Common Name: | carrot |
| Family Name: | Apiaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Biennial, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Dissected, Compound, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Bipinnate, Ovate, Incised |
| Flowers: | Umbel, White, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal (arising from a carrot), most 20-30cm long, bipinnately compound, leaflets lanceolate, most 2-6cm long, pinnae highly dissected. | |