Did I say Carrot??? I ment ginseng... Really
They have all sorts of attributes for different appearance, different color, different continent of origin. If that was wild native Appalachian ginseng, looking like a substantial male, errr, “part” as it does, several hundred dollars a pound is not out of the question. It does have to grow that way naturally, though, no cute tricks to induce a certain growth pattern. They can tell.