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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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