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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Daucus carota
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Daucus carota
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-05-001:
Daucus carota
FAMILY
Apiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot, Bird's Nest
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JK Marlow jkm0505j_32
May Haywood County NC
Parking lot
Erect, usually branched, hairy biennial to 2m from a strong taproot, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmdcarota_nt2
May
The central flower of each umbel is maroon, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Roxanna Martin rlm53010_260
May Spartanburg County SC
Involucral bracts scarious-margined [margin somewhat translucent, not green], per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Wild Carrot/Queen Anne's Lace species
Roxanna Martin rlm53010_354
May Spartanburg County SC
Outermost flowers of the umbel often irregular, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Gill Newberry gn06_d_carota_inf_bracts
June
Involucral bracts pinnately divided into linear to filiform segments, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm0206c_15
June Greenville County SC
The umbel and its developing seeds form a "bird's nest", per All About Weeds.
JK Marlow jkm0306d_30
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
Flowers white - or rarely pale purple, in flat heads or umbels, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
JK Marlow jkm140615_024
June Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
The branching pattern of a compound umbel is more easily seen from underneath.
JK Marlow jkm141001_017b
October Greenville County SC
Bristles of fruit simple or weakly uncinate, rarely weakly glochidiate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm141009_099
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaf stalks in the Apiaceae usually have a broad sheathing base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm141009_101
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
An ancestor of the familiar cultivated carrot, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.