Carrot

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Carrot

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Apiales Family: Apiaceae Genus: Daucus Species: D. carota
Binomial Name
Daucus carota

Carrots are a flowering plant belonging to the taxonomic family Apieceae. They are best known for their orange colored root which is a popular vegetable. The largest carrot ever recorded weighed 18.99 pounds huge compared to what any normal person would have in their own garden at home.[1]

1 Anatomy
2 Reproduction
3 Ecology
4 Things you can make with carrots
5 Gallery
6 References
7 See Also

Anatomy

The Carrot that we eat are a large taproot. Taproots are common to all dicotyledon plants - plants that have two seed leaves (cotylendons) in the embryo. Roots are a very important part of the plant. They are what anchors the plant in the ground and also absorb water and dissolve nutrients. Roots also are able to keep the soil around the carrot in place which prevents erosion.(miller and levine p579-602).

Reproduction

Carrots are called biennial plants and flower only every two years. The first year the carrot produces the carrot itself and green leaves at its top. If the carrot is aloud to stay in the ground another year it will flower and produce seeds. So in carrots sexual reproduction is the same as it would be with any other flowering plant. Pollen is made and transferred to the female part of the flower known as the stigma. Then the pollen grain delivers sperm cells within it to the ovary which is a long tube and its there that fertilisation takes place. The seeds of the carrot plants are very small and a single teaspoon can hold nearly 2000. [2]

Ecology

There are two different types of carrots Western carrots and Eastern carrots. Of the two the ones most commonly seen today are the Western carrots. Easter carrots were domesticated in Centeral Asia and are commonly purple or yellow. The Western carrots came from the Netherlands in the 15th or 16th century and are typically orange. Although Western carrots are almost always orange there are other colors they come in as well such as white, yellow, red, or even purple. [3]

Things you can make with carrots

Carrots are a very useful vegetable because you can make so many different things with it. Here are just a few of the many different things you can make with this one vegetable. Baby carrots, baked carrots, carrot soup, carrot bread, carrot cake, carrot casserole, carrot cupcakes, carrot loaf, carrot marmalade, carrot mousse, carrot muffins, carrot salad, carrot sandwhich spread, carrot zucchini bread, glazed carrots, honey carrots, maple carrots, orange carrots, and pickled carrots. There are even more things then that that a carrot can be used for. It is a common vegetable and many recipes you will end up finding it. [4]