HISTORY INFORMATION: Misunderstanding about this oil comes from its name. Automatically one assumes this oil is from carrots, the long orange root vegetable. It isn't. The family of plants called Apiaceae or carrot family all tend to have carrot-like roots. In years gone by, the beautiful flower known as Queen Ann's Lace was also eaten as wild carrots. They are highly nutritious, containing substantial amounts of vitamins A, C and some B's. The root was also used medicinally as a tonic for the liver and gall bladder, with the seeds used for kidney and digestive disorders. Yellow and orange carrots can yield a solvent extracted oil that has high concentrations of carotene.