Scientific Name
Daucus carota
Common Name
Queen Anne's lace, Wild carrot
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Biennial
Height:
1 to 4 feet
Flower/fruit:
Umbel of small white flowers in a lacy-looking flat-topped cluster; 3 to 4 inches wide; deep purple floret in the center
Flowering Season:
Summer, fall
Foliage:
Bristly hairy stem; leaves are pinnately divided and deeply cut into numerous narrow segments
Site:
Soil tolerant; sun to partial shade; old fields, roadsides, waste places
Comments:
Introduced from Europe
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