| Description | Moon Carrot (Seseli gummiferum) is a biennial. The first year produces a basal rosette of finely dissected, fern-like, silver-gray foliage. The next year it produces an umbel of flowers. |
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| Plant Type | Biennials, Short lived perennials |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, dry |
| Soil & Site | average, dry, well-drained |
| Flowers | forms umbels of small domed floret clusters, pink to a blush pink changing white |
| Fruit | seeds |
| Leaves | finely dissected, fern-like, silver-gray foliage |
| Dimensions | 2-3 by 1 to 1.5 feet |
| Maintenance | deadheading |
| Propagation | seeds needs 3 weeks of cold stratification |
| Native Site | mountainous regions around Ukraine and Turkey |
| Misc Facts | Genus name comes from the Greek seseli an ancient name of an umbelliferous plant. Species means producing gum |
| Author's Notes | As with most biennials will form a basal set of leaves the first year and flower the next. |
| Notes & Reference | #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens website (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), The Laidback gardener (https://laidbackgardener.blog/) |
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