Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

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[1778]
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17384i
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Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The root of wild carrot is used as a diuretic and general tonic

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[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1778]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.0 x 22.6 cm

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Daucus vulgaris Clus Hist.198. I.R.H.507. Ital. Pastinaca Salvatica Gall. La Carotte

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Wellcome Collection 17384i

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