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Old 09-08-2005, 12:53 AM
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The attached image is in the Wildflower Gallery as Wild Carrot. I am not sure about this and think it looks more like Moon Carrot - Seseli libanotis. My reasons are that the umbel is more convex than wild carrot, also there looks to be evidence of a slightly different leaf formation. I know that the dark floret can often be missing in Wild Carrot - Daucus carota but in this photo there is no ruff. The thing that is bothering me is that the contributor states it was taken in Cornwall and the books give chalk turf for the habitat. Anyone with ideas as to which it might be, please. wildone
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