About

Dara' is a biennial to around 90cm tall with finely-divided dark green leaves and, in summer, erect, branching stems bearing umbels of tiny white-pink flowers that darken with age to shades of reddish-purple and dark purple.

About the genus

Daucus are more commonly known as wild carrot, a group of herbaceous, biennial (although not always) plants which can reach a height of between 30 to 60cm. The triangular shaped leaves are tripinnate, divided and lacy and flowers begin in pink buds, opening into small and white clustered together in dense umbels. The fruit is small, hairy and lumpy.

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