Wild Carrot

Halq’emeylem Name

xáwéq

Latin Name

Perideridia gairdneri

Lomatium utriculatum

Daucus carota

 

About xáwéq (Wild Carrot)

According to Upper Sto:lo Ethnobotany, the Halq’emeylem name xáwéq (wild carrot) can refer to Daucus carota (also called Queen Anne’s lace), Perideridia gairdneri (also called Yampah), and Lomatium utriculatum (also called Spring Gold).  Queen Anne’s Lace has volunteered in the garden.  We have planted the other two wild carrots also.

Connections

Shakespeare

Wild carrot volunteered in the garden and we are investigating possible Shakespeare connections.   

Indigenous Knowledge

xáwéq is relevant in Stó:lō culture.  More soon.

Gallery

References

Images: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons   | Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commonscurid=67258045  | Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons | peterwchen, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 

Galloway et al.  Upper Stó:lō Ethnobotany.