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 - 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

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, mature flower heads, single purple flower, seeds 1, seeds 2

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