| Common
Name:
wild carrot, Queen Anne’s lace, bird’s nest
Scientific Name: Daucus carota L.
Family Name: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) - Carrot Family
Identification
Notes:
life
cycle - introduced biennial, reproducing by seed
stems -
second year, reproductive, upright, hollow, hairy, branched
above growth
habit 1, growth
habit 2, growth
habit 3, growth
habit 4, growth
habit 5
leaves -
finely pinnately compound, long petioles, rosette; alternate
on flowering stems leaves
flowers -
5-petaled, white; clustered in flat-topped terminal umbels;
single purple flower in umbel center, umbel usually curls when
mature flower
heads 1, flower
heads 2, flower
heads 3, flower
heads 4, mature
flower heads, single
purple flower, seeds
1, seeds
2
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