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Daucus L.

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Daucus L., Sp. Pl. 242-243 (1753)
Daucus L.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
242-243
ICN
Daucus L.
genus
Daucus

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Daucus

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Daucus L.

Umbels us. compound, bracts us. ∞; calyx-teeth small or obsolete; petals white to red, notched, inflexed at apex. Fr. ± ovoid-cylindric. Mericarps convex; 5 primary ribs very slender, us. with double row of short spreading bristles; 4 secondary ribs prominent, with a row of conspicuous glochidiate bristles. Vittae under primary ridges. Annual to biennial tap-rooted herbs with few to many branches; lvs pinnately compound. About 60 spp., mostly of northern hemisphere.

Daucus L.

Annual or biennial herbs, usually hairy. Lvs (1)-2-3-pinnate; segments usually narrow. Umbels usually compound, rarely simple, pedunculate; bracts and bracteoles numerous or 0, entire, pinnate or pinnatisect. Petals white, pink, yellow or purplish, usually irregular, with apex notched and inflexed; calyx teeth small or 0. Fr. ellipsoid to ovoid, terete or somewhat flattened dorsally, not beaked, commissure narrow; ribs 9 per mericarp, primary filiform and usually ciliate, secondary stouter and spinous; vittae solitary.
Monocarpic biennials or perennials, usually hairy; stems woody. Lvs 2-3-pinnate; segments broad. Umbels compound, pedunculate; bracts and bracteoles numerous, entire. Petals white to purplish, ± regular, with apex entire, acuminate, inflexed; calyx teeth small. Fr. oblong to ovoid, flattened dorsally, not beaked, spineless, but often pubescent; commissure broad; ribs 5 per mericarp, the dorsal slender, the lateral with a thin denticulate wing; lateral wings of opposing mericarps not appressed; vittae several in furrows.

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Daucus L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District

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c006ef50-17d4-4771-92cd-61dd12785f98
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
26 August 2008
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