Queen Anne's Lace - Wild Carrot, Daucus carota

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Queen Anne's Lace - Wild Carrot

Apiaceae
Daucus carota

gardengeek

Flower Petal # 7+

Main Color

Color 2

Apiaceae Family

Daucus Genus

Location

This one was found in Utah. native to temperate regions of Europe, southwest Asia and northeast North America

Physical Description

biennial. white umbrella-shaped flower heads that form at the end of three-foot-tall stalks. inflorescence consists of individual clusters of 20 or more individual flowers.

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Apiaceae

Apiales

Api Order (Carrot)

Euasterids II

Real Stars Group Two

Asteridae

Class of Stars (Daisies)

Core Eudicots

Main, Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots)

Eudicots

Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots)

Mesangiospermae

Half Capsule Seed Division

Magnolia Division

Seed Plants

Real Land Plants

Multiple Spore Sub-Kingdom

Stomatophytes

Air Pores Sub-Kingdom

Embryophytes

Multicellular Land Plants

Streptobionta

Multicellular Plants

Plantae

Plants

Eukaryota

Cells with a Nucleus

General Information

AKA: Bird's Nest, Bishop's Lace

The name Queen Anne's Lace comes from a British monarch who was skilled at making lace and doilies. The dark flower in the middle is sed to be a drop of blood from Queen Anne pricking her finger.

This dark flower is more likely used to attract pollinators.

Related to Fennel, Coriander, Celery, Parsley etc. All roots can be eaten.
Related to Poison Hemlock.

When the flowers turn to seed, the umbrels turn inward creating a sort of bird's nest. Each flower turns into a spiney seed with hooked barbs.

Queen Anne's Lace is an important source of the natural food dye, carotene, and for this reason has commercial importance.
It is believed to be the origin of the cultivated carrot.

Seeds are edible and taste like lemons.

A teaspoon of crushed seeds has long been used as a form of natural birth control; its use for this purpose was first described by Hippocrates over 2,000 years ago.

The leaves can cause a reaction to sensitive skin.