Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Daucus carota ssp. carota
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Daucus carota
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-05-001:
Daucus carota FAMILY Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Daucus carota
COMMON NAME:
Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot, Bird's Nest
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_daca6_001_lhd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_283
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Gill Newberry gn05_d_carota_top_inf
May
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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 (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm180509_2043
May Greenville County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdcarota_nt2
May
The central flower of each umbel is maroon, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm52211_29
May Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm52609_048
May Spartanburg County SC
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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
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Roxanna Martin rlm53010_273
May Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm53010_354
May Spartanburg County SC
Outermost flowers of the umbel often irregular, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Gill Newberry gn06_d_carota_inf_bracts
June
Involucral bracts pinnately divided into linear to filiform segments, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0206c_15
June Greenville County SC
The umbel and its developing seeds form a "bird's nest", per All About Weeds (Spencer, 1940).
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JK Marlow jkm0306c_28
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
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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 (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962).
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JK Marlow jkm0306d_31
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm210709_1923
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210709_1924
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0308l_19
August Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm150808_582
August Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm141001_017
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm141001_017b
October Greenville County SC
Bristles of fruit simple or weakly uncinate, rarely weakly glochidiate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm141009_101
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Unlike the cultivated carrot (ssp. sativus), the root of ssp. carota is woody and tan in color, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm0411b_35
November Madison County NC
Max Patch
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John Cardina, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org bug_1552204
Month Unknown
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Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California bug_5374195
Month Unknown
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Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org bug_5438584
Month Unknown
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Tim Spira tps_dcarota
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Daucus carota ssp. carota
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Daucus carota
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-05-001:
Daucus carota
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Daucus carota
438
Forb
Biennial
Habitat: Pastures, fields, roadsides, waste places, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2006
- Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013
- SC Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2014
- Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2009
LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Flowers in compound umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p111
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p092
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p385
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p538
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p220
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p397
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p148
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p207
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p060
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p166
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p032
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p176
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p212
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p114
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p051
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p191
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