A carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable, usually orange or white, or pink in color, with a woody texture. The edible part of a carrot is a taproot. It is a biennial plant which grows a rosette of leaves in the spring and summer, while building up the stout taproot, which stores large amounts of sugars for the plant to flower in the second year. The flowering stem grows to about 1 m tall, with umbels of white flowers.
The carrot is a domesticated form of Queen Anne's lace, a wildflower. It has been bred for specific traits, but is still the same species.