Scientific Name
Daucus carota

Common Name
Queen Anne's lace, Wild carrot
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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