Coastal specimen of a Daucus spp.

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Coastal specimen of a Daucus spp.

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What is this Daucus? Could it be a variation of D. carota (but does it vary that much in leaves!)

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I have found out that there are 4 species of Daucus in malta:

D. carota (with 3 subsp - carota, sativus, maritimus) D. gingidium, D. lopadusanus and D. rupestris. Still don't know which of these my photos shows. Help is appreciated
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Great news: I gave the photos to a Daucus expert in Spain (helping him in his PH.D about Daucus Classification) and my plant is most propabaly to be:

Daucus carota L. subsp. drepanensis (Arcang.) Heywood

that is a first (taxon) record for the Maltese islands.
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