18 August 2014

Wildflower - Queen Anne's Lace

Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota) is native to temperate regions of Europe and has been naturalized in North America. One of its common names is wild carrot and domesticated carrots are a subspecies. The flower's name is derived from its resembles lace.




The flower head is composed of multiple branches that reach outward with clusters of small flowers to form and umbrella shaped head.



Queen Anne's lace is used in grade school demonstrations to show how freshly cut flowers will change color by placing them in colored water. A close-up view of a flower cluster.



Many farm fields turn white with Queen Anne's lace in late summer and the USDA has listed it as a noxious weed.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Queen Annes Lace can be used to stop bleeding. For a bleeding nose just crush it up and put it in the nostril that's bleeding till the bleeding stops. Or crush it up and hold it on a cut, it's an old Indian cure. Not noxious at all. Though I wouldn't eat it, don't know what it would do internally.