Photograph below by Paul Green

Sea Carrot Daucus carota ssp. gummifer Mealbhacán mara Family: Apiaceae Coastal subspecies of Wild Carrot, D. carota. Flowering June-July. Biennial. Native. Umbels of white-pinky/red flowers. Fruit umbels not contracted in fruit, convex to slightly concave, rays with stiff, bristly hairs. Darker-green, fleshier, blunter leaflets than Wild Carrot. Shorter, stouter stems, height usually less than 25cm. Only found on coasts, in grassland on cliffs and stable sand-dunes. Rare, coasts of Counties Cork, Waterford and Wicklow. Confirmed by Paul Green

     


     
Sea Carrot. County Waterford (Paul Green). Sea Carrot. Galley Head, County Cork