Carrot root is stout, long conical, orange-red or yellow. The stem is erect, 60 ~ 90 cm high, much branched. Leaves are long-petiolate, 2 ~ 3-pinnately compound, lobes linear or lanceolate, apex acute with a small tip; ?

Petiole base enlarged, forming leaf sheath. Umbels compound; peduncles 10 ~ 55 cm long, hispid; involucral bracts numerous, leafy, pinnately divided, segments linear; rays numerous, those at outer edge curved inward during fruiting; involucral bracteoles 5 ~ 7, undivided or 2 ~ 3-lobed; flowers usually white, sometimes reddish; flower stalks unequal. Fruit rounded, with white spines on ribs. Fl. April.

Expanded Information:

Carrots are among the top ten global vegetables. p>Carrots are one of the top ten global vegetable crops, highly adaptable, easy to cultivate, and very commonly grown. Carrots are most widely distributed in Asia, Europe and the Americas. According to the statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in 2005, the total cultivated area of carrot in the world was 1,099,200 hectares, of which 612,900 hectares in Asia, 284,900 hectares in Europe, 70,000 hectares in North America, 46,000 hectares in South America, 76,400 hectares in Africa, and 0.9 million hectares in Oceania. 2004, China's cultivated area of carrot reached 453,000 hectares. In 2004, China's carrot cultivation area reached 453,000 hectares, accounting for about 42.0% of the world's cultivated area, has become the world's first carrot producer.

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