*Daucus carota Linnaeus ssp. sativus Schübler & G. von Martens. Garden Carrot. Hab: Planted as a garden vegetable, and as a short-lived waif around gardens. Dist: Originated in central Asia only about 1000 years ago from an ancestor genetically differentiated from D. carota ssp. carota (Iorizzo et al. 2013).

Origin/Endemic status: W. Asia

Taxonomy Comments: Intrataxon rank seems warranted to emphasize the separate evolutionary clades and history of ssp. carota and ssp. sativus.

Other Comments: The familiar "orange form" was apparently only selected from other cultivated carrots (of purple or yellow color) around 1500 a.d. (Iorizzo et al. 2013).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Mo2, Iorizzo et al (2013), Martínez-Flores et al (2020); < Daucus carota L. – Ar, C, F, Fl7, G, Il, K1, K3, K4, MC, Meso4.1, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Ok, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3, WV, Arbizu et al (2014), Spooner et al (2013)

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Great Plains: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Midwest: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Northcentral & Northeast: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)