Queen Anne's Lace

Daucus carota L. Sp. PI. 242. 1753
Caucalis Carota Crantz, Class. Umbell. 113. 1767.
Caucalis Daucus Crantz, Stirp. Austr. 3: 125. 1767.
Tiricta daucoides Raf. New. Fl. 4: 23. 1838.
? Daucus levis Raf. New Fl. 4: 25. 1838.
? Daucus brevicaulis Raf. New Fl. 4: 25. 1838.
? Daucus nudicaulis Raf. New Fl. 4: 25. 1838.
? Daucus scariosus Raf. New Fl. 4: 25. 1838.
Daucus scadiophvlus Raf. New Fl. 4: 24. 1838.
? Daucus heterop'hvlus Raf. New Fl. 4: 26. 1838.
Daucus agrestis Raf. New Fl. 4: 27. 1838.
? Daucus slrigosus Raf. New Fl. 4: 27. 1838.
? Ballimon nuricalum Raf. New Fl. 4: 28. 1838.
? Ballimon marilimum Raf. New Fl. 4: 28. 1838.
Carota saliva Rupr Fl. Ingr. 468. 1860.
Daucus Carota f. rosea Millsp. Bull. W.Va. Exp. Sta. 2: 369. 1892.
Daucus Carota f. roseus Farwell, Rep. Mich. Acad. 21: 369. 1920.
Daucus Carota f. epurpurata Farwell, Papers Mich. Acad. 2: 35. 1923.
Daucus Carota f. Fischeri Moldenke, Castanea 9: 55. 1944.
Daucus Carota f. Goodmani Moldenke, Castanea 9: 55. 1944.
Plants biennial, 1.5-12 dm. high, the stems solitary, glabrous to retrorsely hispid; leaves oblong in general outline, excluding the petioles 5-15 cm. long, 2-7 cm. broad, the ultimate divisions linear to lanceolate, 2-12 mm. long, 0.5-2 mm. broad, acute, mucronate, entire or few-cleft, glabrous to hispid especially on the veins and margins; petioles 3-10 cm. long; divisions of the cauline leaves often elongate; peduncles 2.5-6 dm. long, retrorsely hispid; involucre of filiform, elongate, pinnately divided or rarely entire, scarious-margined bracts, 3-30 mm. long, usually reflexed; involucel of linear, acuminate, entire or rarely pinnate, more or less scarious, ciliate bractlets, equaling or exceeding the flowers; rays numerous, unequal, 3-7.5 cm. long, compact in fruit; pedicels unequal, 3-10 mm. long; flowers white, yellow, or pinkish, the central flower of each umbellet usually purple or pinkish; fruit ovoid, 3-4 mm. long, about 2 mm. broad, broadest at the middle.
Type locality: "In Europae campis exaridis," collector unknown.
Distribution: Eurasia; ad ventive throughout the warmer parts of the earth ; introduced throughthe United States & Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.