{"id":974,"date":"2009-12-10T11:35:40","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T21:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowersnewx\/?p=974"},"modified":"2011-07-27T13:58:28","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T23:58:28","slug":"daucus-pusillus-american-wild-carrot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowers\/974\/daucus-pusillus-american-wild-carrot\/","title":{"rendered":"Daucus pusillus &#8211; American Wild Carrot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/images\/wildflowers\/plants\/Daucus_pus_400.jpg\" class=\"post-photo\" alt=\"Daucus pusillus - American Wild Carrot, Rattlesnakeweed, Rattlesnake-weed, Southwestern Carrot, Seedticks\" title=\"Daucus pusillus - American Wild Carrot, Rattlesnakeweed, Rattlesnake-weed, Southwestern Carrot, Seedticks\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/images\/wildflowers\/plants\/Daucus_pus_300.jpg\" class=\"post-photo\" alt=\"Daucus pusillus - American Wild Carrot, Rattlesnakeweed, Rattlesnake-weed, Southwestern Carrot, Seedticks\" title=\"Daucus pusillus - American Wild Carrot, Rattlesnakeweed, Rattlesnake-weed, Southwestern Carrot, Seedticks\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"special\">Plant Name<\/p>\n<p><span>Scientific Name:<\/span> <em>Daucus pusillus<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span>Common Names:<\/span> American Wild Carrot, Rattlesnakeweed, Rattlesnake-weed, Southwestern Carrot, Seedticks<\/p>\n<p class=\"special\">Plant Characteristics<\/p>\n<p><span>Duration:<\/span> Annual<\/p>\n<p><span>Growth Habit:<\/span> Herb\/Forb<\/p>\n<p><span>Arizona Native Status:<\/span> Native<\/p>\n<p><span>Habitat:<\/span> Desert<\/p>\n<p><span>Flower Color:<\/span> White<\/p>\n<p><span>Flowering Season:<\/span> Spring<\/p>\n<p><span>Height:<\/span> To 28 inches (71 cm) tall<\/p>\n<p><span>Description:<\/span> The tiny flowers are in lacy, flat-topped umbels. As they age, the flower umbels fold up into cups and then dry to a brownish color. The individual flowers are uniformly white and have 5 petals. The leaves are pinnately dissected with linear leaf segments, are often densely covered in bristly hairs, and when crushed, smell like carrot leaves. The stems are slender and usually unbranched. The plants have an enlarged taproot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"special\">Special Characteristics<\/p>\n<p><span>Edible<\/span> &#8211; The roots are edible either raw or cooked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"special\">Classification<\/p>\n<p class=\"classify\"><span>Kingdom:<\/span> Plantae &#8211; Plants<br \/>\n<span>Subkingdom:<\/span> Tracheobionta &#8211; Vascular plants<br \/>\n<span>Superdivision:<\/span> Spermatophyta &#8211; Seed plants<br \/>\n<span>Division:<\/span> Magnoliophyta &#8211; Flowering plants<br \/>\n<span>Class:<\/span> Magnoliopsida &#8211; Dicotyledons<br \/>\n<span>Subclass:<\/span> Rosidae<br \/>\n<span>Order:<\/span> Apiales<br \/>\n<span>Family:<\/span> Apiaceae &#8211; Carrot family<br \/>\n<span>Genus:<\/span> <em>Daucus<\/em> L. &#8211; wild carrot<br \/>\n<span>Species:<\/span> <em>Daucus pusillus<\/em> Michx. &#8211; American wild carrot<\/p>\n<p class=\"special\">More About This Plant<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/java\/county?state_name=Arizona&#038;statefips=04&#038;symbol=DAPU3\">Arizona County Distribution Map<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View photographs and a description of the plant Daucus pusillus, commonly known as American Wild Carrot, Rattlesnakeweed, Rattlesnake-weed, Southwestern Carrot, or Seedticks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,48,35,17,24,224,10,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-annuals","category-apiaceae-carrot-family","category-edible-plants","category-herbs-and-forbs","category-native-wildflowers-and-plants","category-spring-blooming-plants","category-white-arizona-flowers","category-white-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3059,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions\/3059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}