Daucus carota

Native American Names

 The only name I could find is in Omaha is "Poⁿxe-egoⁿ" which means "carrot like".  

Description

Annual (wild) or biennial (cultivated) erect her missural side, 2 small dry indehiscent seeds. It has little white flowers at the top of the flowerhead. It has little thornes sticking out on the stem. The wild flower has a lot more of a green color and looks like the vegetable carrot is growing in the roots.

Location & Range

 Ranging from Boreal Moist to Rain through Tropical thorn to Wet Forest Life Zones. False carrot can only tolerate the annual percipitation of 3.1 to 41.0 dm, annual temperature of 3.6 to 28.5 degrees Celsius. A cool season crop, with optimum growth at 16 to 21 degrees Celsius, requiring for best growths long periods of mild weather free of temperature and moisture extremes. For seed production, warm dry areas with few summer or fall showers are desirable.

Uses

 The large fleshly taproot, is eaten as a raw vegetable. it can also be cooked in many dishes. The seeds are used for dropsy, chronic dysentery, kidney aliments and worms. The root is prepared to be used for tumors, cancerous ulcers, cancerous wounds, tumors of the testicles, mammary carcinoma, and skin cancer.

By: Sam Dick

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