Carrots (scientific name: carrots. sativa Hoffm。 ), also known as carrot or Ganxun, is a variety of wild carrot (scientific name: Daucus carota l.var. Carota). The difference between this variety and the original variety is that the root is fleshy, rectangular and conical, thick and fat, red or yellow.

Biennial herb, height15-120cm. The stems are solitary, all with white coarse bristles. Basal leaves membranous, rectangular; The petiole is 3- 12 cm long; Cauline leaves subsessile with leaf sheath. Compound umbel, peduncle 10-55 cm long, with coarse hair; The involucre has many bracts, which are leaflike and pinnately divided; There are many spokes, and as a result, the outer spokes bend inward; Involucral bracts 5-7, linear; Flowers are usually white and sometimes reddish; Petals are unequal in length, 3- 10 mm long. The fruit is ovoid, 3-4 mm long and 2 mm wide, with white bristles on the edge. Flowering period may-July.