Apiaceae
Carrot bur parsley
Caucalis platycarpos
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Caucalis
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- قوقال عريض الثمار
- Armenian
- Բող տափակապտուղ
- arz
- قوقال عريض الثمار
- Bulgarian
- Бабинец
- Czech
- Dejvorec velkoplodý
- Dutch
- Caucalis
- English
- Carrot bur parsley
- Estonian
- Haardputk
- Finnish
- Väkäpurho
- German
- Möhren-Haftdolde, Acker-Haftdolde
- Persian
- ساقه خز
- Polish
- Włóczydło polne
- Slovenian
- Širokoplodna kopčica
- Swedish
- Piggkörvel
Synonyms
- Caucalis daucoides L.
- Caucalis daucoides var. muricata Tamamsch.
- Orlaya platycarpos (L.) W.D.J.Koch
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arkadiusz Nowak, Marcin Nobis, Sylwia Nowak, Agnieszka Nobis, Anna Wróbel, Sebas, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Martin Scheuch, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jonathan Hughes, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Björn Sothmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vladimír Fuka, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Björn Sothmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: University of Vienna - Herbarium WU, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ubiezis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: University of Vienna - Herbarium WU, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum - Herbarium GJO, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.