Who knows what a carrot is? and Boykinia major #2

Who knows what a carrot is?

Im doing a project on vege's and i wanna know more


inflorescence best answer:

Answer by Brandon's Girl
The root is the part that's eaten. that's all I know.. ;)

inflorescence

Boykinia major #2


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Saxifragaceae - Western United States from California to Wyoming
Large Boykinia, Brookfoam
Shown: Detail of inflorescence displaying flower buds and fully opened flowers

"Boykinia is a small genus of plants related to the saxifrages. It contains about 8 species known as brookfoams. Brookfoams are glandular rhizomatous creeping perennials with highly lobed or toothed leaves and inflorescences of petite flowers. They are native to North America and Asia.

"Boykinia major is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name large boykinia. It is native to the western United States from California to Montana, where it grows in shady forest understory and wet mountain meadows. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing large leaves with blades up to 50 centimeters long, borne on petioles up to 35 centimeters in length. Each leaf has several lobes which are often sharply toothed along the edges. The inflorescence reaches up to a meter tall on a thin stem. It bears a dense, flat-topped array of many small white flowers with yellowish centers, each with five pointed sepals and five larger rounded or oval petals." (Wikipedia)

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Photographed in Regional Parks Botanic Garden - Berkeley, California

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