Daucus guttatus
Annual wild carrot of dry, stony ground in the eastern Mediterranean and Anatolia; its white umbels offer open nectar in late spring.
- Nectar
- Medium
- Pollen
- Medium
- Flowering
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Height
- 0.2-0.8 m
- Life cycle
- Annual
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Daucus guttatus is an annual wild carrot that grows on dry grassland, stony slopes, among maquis and on field edges in the Aegean, Mediterranean and southeastern Anatolia, as well as in Greece, Cyprus and the Levant. Its white umbels resemble those of wild carrot but are smaller and more delicate; in the centre of the umbel there are often one or more dark flowers. Thanks to the exposed nectar disc, honey bees, flies and small wasps can use it easily.
Flowering
It flowers from May to July, starting earlier in coastal regions.
Honey and pollen
It has no honey of its own; it is a minor component of mixed late-spring honeys.
Note for the beekeeper
The limits of the species are disputed by taxonomists, and it is often confused with similar wild carrots. For beekeeping its value is generally moderate, much like that of other wild carrots; no measured data specific to this species exist.