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In nature so-called ‘biennial’ plants often delay their life cycle, flowering in the third or fourth year, or even later. Life-history theory predicts that high rosette survival is associated with longer life histories. We test this in wild carrot (Daucus carota) populations along disturbed roadsides in the Netherlands, covering a range from unfertile to highly fertile soils. Only 24.2% of the plants...