Distribution and localisation map
Wild carrot
Daucus carota
Carotte sauvage
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Territory:
Plain of the St. Lawrence.Habitat:
Dry places, uncultivated fields and wastelands.Flowering:
In bloom from the middle to the end of summer.Similar:
Several plants looks like it, but it is important not to confuse with these two deadly plants: Water hemlock (Cicuta maculata), the most toxic of our native plants, and the Poison-hemlock (Conium maculatum) introduced and still rare in Quebec, these two plants are found more in the wetlands.Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), a new arrival who can burn the skin, is much higher.In all cases, these plants do not have a central red flower like the Wild Carrot.
