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Moon Carrot

Seseli gummiferum

Moon Carrot
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0

Seseli gummiferum, the sticky moon carrot, is a herbaceous perennial in the carrot family, native to the Aegean, Crimea and Türkiye, grown for its white umbel flowers in summer. It needs a sunny, well-drained spot and is rarely grown as a houseplant.

Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, lean or gritty soil.
Temperature
10–28 °C; hardy to about -10 °C when dry in winter
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Krym, Aegean Is. to Türkiye
Climate
temperate

About

Seseli gummiferum, the sticky moon carrot, is a species of herbaceous perennial plant belonging to tribe Selineae of the family Apiaceae.

Where it grows

Seseli gummiferum occurs in Eastern Europe, the Aegean and Crimea.

Other Seseli plants

Annual Cicely · Seseli campestre · Mooncarrot · Moon Carrots

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Seseli gummiferum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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