Blooms: May - July
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
Distribution: Pacific Northwest to California, and throughout the Southern States; chiefly west of the Cascades in Washington
Habitat: Dry, open areas at low elevations
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
Distribution: Pacific Northwest to California, and throughout the Southern States; chiefly west of the Cascades in Washington
Habitat: Dry, open areas at low elevations
Species Description:
General: Slender, single-stemmed annual from a slender taproot, 0.5-6 dm. tall, with short, stiff, blunt bristles throughout.
Leaves: Leaves 3-pinnate, long petiolate, the blades 3-10 cm. long and 1.5-7 cm. wide, the ultimate segments linear, 1-5 mm. long and 0.5-1 mm. wide.
Flowers: Involucral bracts pinnatifid into linear segments up to 8 mm. long; bractlets of the involucel linear and entire, about equaling the pedicels; inflorescence 1-4 cm. wide, the rays up to 4 cm. long; ultimate umbellets with 5-12 white flowers.
Fruits: Fruit oblong, 3-5 mm. long and 2 mm. wide, broadest below the middle, with prickles and bristles on the ribs.
General: Slender, single-stemmed annual from a slender taproot, 0.5-6 dm. tall, with short, stiff, blunt bristles throughout.
Leaves: Leaves 3-pinnate, long petiolate, the blades 3-10 cm. long and 1.5-7 cm. wide, the ultimate segments linear, 1-5 mm. long and 0.5-1 mm. wide.
Flowers: Involucral bracts pinnatifid into linear segments up to 8 mm. long; bractlets of the involucel linear and entire, about equaling the pedicels; inflorescence 1-4 cm. wide, the rays up to 4 cm. long; ultimate umbellets with 5-12 white flowers.
Fruits: Fruit oblong, 3-5 mm. long and 2 mm. wide, broadest below the middle, with prickles and bristles on the ribs.
Accepted Name:
Daucus pusillus Michx.Synonyms:
Daucus carota L. var. microphyllus
Daucus microphyllus
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Daucus pusillus
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Daucus pusillus specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Daucus pusillus specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Daucus pusillus treatment.
E-Flora BC: Daucus pusillus atlas page.
CalPhotos: Daucus pusillus images.
USDA Plants Database: Daucus pusillus.
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
G. D. Carr, 2007
G. D. Carr, 2007
G. D. Carr, 2007
G. D. Carr, 2007
G. D. Carr, 2007
G. D. Carr, 2007
|
©2013 Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. All Rights Reserved. Box 353010, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3010, Phone: 206-543-5590. On the UW campus at 17th Avenue NE and NE 45th Street. |
 WA Native Plant Society |
