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Standard English Name(s): garden carrot
Local English Name(s) (if different from above): "carrot"
Scientific Name(s): Daucus carota L. (original native species unidentified)
Upriver Halkomelem Name(s): xewuq
Downriver Halkomelem Name(s): xewuq
Island Halkomelem Name(s): shewuq (originally referring to some unidentified native plant)

Description, Habitat, Ecology, & Distribution:

Upriver Halkomelem Cultural Role(s):
     One or more native species of "carrots" and wild D. carota were dug for their edible roots, which were steamed or boiled and eaten.

Downriver Halkomelem Cultural Role(s):
Island Halkomelem Cultural Role(s):
     The plant species originally referred to as shewuq has not been identified with certainty, but it is said to grow along road sides. The name shewuq is now also used to refer to garden carrots (D. carota). The introduced wild ancestor of the cultivated carrot, known as wild carrot or Queen Anne's lace, is found throughout the southeastern part of Vancouver Island and the adjacent mainland.