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Seseli gummiferum

Common name(s): Moon Carrot
Family name: Apiaceae
Common family name: Carrot Family
USDA hardiness zone(s): 5
Perennation: biennial
Light level: sun, partial sun
Flower color: pink
Plant height: 2 feet - 3 feet
Plant spread: 10 inches - 1 foot 3 inches
Deciduous: deciduous
Growth form: upright
Leaf color: silver
Range: Crimea, S. Aegean
Habit: herbaceous
Special characteristics: Drought Tolerant
The moon carrot has a large basal rosette of succulent, silvery-blue, lacy foliage. The second year it produces a succession of five inch umbles of pale pink flowers that fade to white. This biennial or short-lived perennial blooms from midsummer to fall.

This plant provides a focal point in a perennial garden.

Zones 5 - 9

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