Garden Alphabet: Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota)
While most often classified as a weed, there is something about Queen Anne’s Lace that calls out to most people. A weed indeed, but long stands of it along the roadside and in fields carries a certain charm and beauty all its own.
Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota)
Daucus carota (common names include wild carrot, (UK) bird’s nest, bishop’s lace, and Queen Anne’s lace (North America)) is aflowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe, southwest Asia and naturalised to North America and Australia. Domesticated carrots are cultivars of a subspecies, Daucus carota subsp. sativus.“ — Wikipedia.org
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Previously in Garden Alphabet:
- Acanthus
- Amaryllis
- Banana
- Bonsai
- Bougainvillea
- Brugmansia
- California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
- Calla Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
- Castor Bean (Ricinus)
- Caltapa
- Datura
- Japanese Cherry (Prunus serrulata)
- Daffodil (Narcissus)
- Dietes (Fortnight Lily)
- Dudleya
- Ecualyptus
- Freesia
- Iris
- Kniphofia “Red Hot Poker”
- Lantana
- Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa)
- Magnolia x soulangeana (Saucer Magnolia/Tulip Tree)
- Morning Glory (Convolvulaceae)
- Nandina
- Orange
- Orchid from the Southern California Spring Garden Show 2013
- Oriental Poppy (Papaver orientale)
- Polygonatum (Solomon’s Seal)
- Paperwhites
- Rudbeckia
- Salvia
- Squirrel
- Succulents
- Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas)
- Water Lily (Nymphaeaceae)