Israel wildflowers: Coastal carrot
Daucus glaber, Daucus litoralis, Coastal carrot,
Hebrew: גזר החוף, Arabic: الدوقو الساحلي
| Scientific name: | Daucus glaber (Forssk.) Thell. | |
| Synonym name: | Daucus litoralis Sm. | |
| Common name: | Coastal carrot | |
| Hebrew name: | גזר החוף | |
| Arabic name: | الدوقو الساحلي | |
| Plant Family: | Umbelliferae / Apiaceae, סוככיים |
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| Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
| Spinescence: | Fruits | |
| Stems: | Solitary, erect, branching, retrorsely hispid; cylindric and slightly ridged | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, rosette, dissected twice or more | |
| Flowers: | White | |
| Fruits / pods: | Schizocarp | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April | |
| Habitat: | Sand | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Daucus, the Latin name for carrot. Galen (Claudius Galenus of Pergamum (131 – 201 CE)), called it Daucus to distinguish the Carrot from the Parsnip.
glaber, smooth-skinned; without hairs; glabrous.
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