Daucus
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Genus: | Daucus |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Type: | Perennials |
Pollination: | Insects |
Daucus is the genus of plants that includes carrots, wild carrots, and several related plants, including from 22 to 25 species.
Description edit
Flowers in large umbels.
Species edit
- Daucus carota (Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace)
Uses edit
Some species are grown for the edible roots, but otherwise grown for their flowers.
Harvesting edit
Roots of edible species are harvested the first year, before flower stalks are created.
Pests and diseases edit
- Phymatotrichum omnivorum
- Sclerotium rolfsii
- Carrot-Willow Aphid: Cavariella aegopodii
- Coriander Aphid: Hyadaphis coriandri
- Green Peach Aphid: Myzus persicae
- Melon Aphid: Aphis gossypii
- Honeysuckle Aphid: Hyadaphis foeniculi
- Leaf Curling Plum Aphid: Brachycaudus helichrysi
- Aster Leafhopper: Macrosteles facifrons
- Garden Fleahopper: Halticus bractatus
- Tarnished Plant Bug: Lygus lineolaris
- Western Tarnished Plant Bug: Lygus hesperus
- Pale Legume Bug: Lygus elisus
- American Serpentine Leafminer: Liriomyza trifolii
- Carrot Rust Fly: Psila rosae
- Palestriped Flea Beetle: Systena blanda
- Carrot Weevil: Listronotus oregonensis
- Vegetable Weevil: Listroderes difficilis
- Alfalfa Webworm: Loxostege cerealis
- Beet Webworm: Loxostege stricticalis
- Parsleyworm: Papilio polyxenes
- Anise Swallowtail: Papilio zelicanon
- Celery Leaftier: Udea rubigalis
- Beet Armyworm: Spodoptera exigua
References edit
- Britton, Nathaniel Lord (1913). An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Volume 2 (second edition ed.). Dover Publications, inc. p. 625.
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suggested) (help) - P. D. Strausbaugh and Earl L. Core (1977). Flora of West Virginia (Second ed.). Seneca Books, Grantsville, W. Virginia. p. 682.
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(help) - Staff of the L. H. Bailey Hortorium (1976). Hortus Third: A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press. p. 365.
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(help) - Pirone, Pascal P. (1978). Diseases & Pests of Ornamental Plants (Fifth Edition ed.). John Wiley & Sons, New York.
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(help) - Cranshaw, Whitney (2004). Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs. Princeton University Press. p. 592.
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(help) - Pippa Greenwood, Andrew Halstead, A.R. Chase, Daniel Gilrein (2000). American Horticultural Society Pests & Diseases: The Complete Guide to Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Plant Problems (First Edition ed.). Dorling Kindersley (DK) Publishing, inc. p. 202.
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