Flora canaria > Especies silvestres
Daucus aureus
Daucus aureus Desf.
Familia
APIACEAE
Zanahoria dorada
Daucus aureus, commonly known as the golden carrot, is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Apiaceae family. It is a wild relative of the common carrot (Daucus carota) and is notable primarily for the yellowish or golden hues that its umbels and fruits take on as they ripen.
It develops an erect, branched stem that usually reaches between 20 and 60 cm in height (occasionally up to 70 cm).
Its leaves are alternate and deeply divided (2–3-pinnately lobed) into fine, linear segments, giving it a light, feathery appearance.
The flowers are arranged in long-stalked compound umbels. Although the flowers may initially be white, the inflorescence takes on a characteristic golden hue during fruiting.
Flowering generally occurs in spring, from April to June.
It is native to the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands (particularly Tenerife and Gran Canaria).
It grows wild in therophytic grasslands (dry annual meadows). Substrates of a marly, clayey or gypsiferous nature. Altitude ranges from 50 to 800 metres above sea level.
In addition to its botanical and biodiversity value, it is studied for the composition of its essential oils (rich in compounds such as sabinene and alpha-pinene), which possess antioxidant and antibacterial properties.
Tenerife, Gran Canaria
Zanahoria dorada
Daucus aureus, commonly known as the golden carrot, is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Apiaceae family. It is a wild relative of the common carrot (Daucus carota) and is notable primarily for the yellowish or golden hues that its umbels and fruits take on as they ripen.
It develops an erect, branched stem that usually reaches between 20 and 60 cm in height (occasionally up to 70 cm).
Its leaves are alternate and deeply divided (2–3-pinnately lobed) into fine, linear segments, giving it a light, feathery appearance.
The flowers are arranged in long-stalked compound umbels. Although the flowers may initially be white, the inflorescence takes on a characteristic golden hue during fruiting.
Flowering generally occurs in spring, from April to June.
It is native to the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands (particularly Tenerife and Gran Canaria).
It grows wild in therophytic grasslands (dry annual meadows). Substrates of a marly, clayey or gypsiferous nature. Altitude ranges from 50 to 800 metres above sea level.
In addition to its botanical and biodiversity value, it is studied for the composition of its essential oils (rich in compounds such as sabinene and alpha-pinene), which possess antioxidant and antibacterial properties.
Tenerife, Gran Canaria
