Daucus

  • Filed As

    Apiaceae
    Daucus

  • Collector(s)

    F. Kingdon-Ward 18123, 29 Sep 1948

  • Location

    India. Sirhoi.

  • Description

    Flowers white, in a crowded umbel. Height 12- 18 in. Fragrant. In the meadow. A dominant species in places,scattered in thousands all over the higher meadow. A caterpillar very like the larva of the English (and European) Papilio machaon feeds on this plant and will probably pupate soon. The butterfly is not specially rare.

  • Collection Notes

    Flora of India and Burma.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02651683

    Occurrence ID: 4c4b7b72-55f1-4e00-b1d4-1a404c1d73ab

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Apiales

  • Family

    Apiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Daucus

FLORA OF INDIA AND BURMA
Plants of Sirhoi
Daucus
Flowers white,in a crowded umbel. Height 12-
18 in. Fragrant. In the meadow. A dominant
species in places,scattered in thousands all
over the higher meadow. A caterpillar very
like the larva of the English (and European)
Papilio machaon feeds on this plant and will
probably pupate soon. The butterfly is not
specially rare. Alt. 7000-8000 ft. Septembei
Collected by F. Kingdon-Ward, No. ]_QX23	,19i|£
Distributed by The New York Botanical Garden
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