Daucus carota - Wild Carrot
 This
lover of hot, dry roadsides is also known as "Queen Anne's Lace" and is
actually an ancestor to our modern domesticated carrot. Due to similar
habitat preferences, I often find it growing with Chicory
(as in the picture below). Like the grocery store carrot, its root can
be cooked and eaten. I would be cautious about trying this before one is
confident about identification: it can sometimes be confused with Poison
Hemlock.
If you would like to perform an experiment to prove this plant's carrotness, the next time you see one take some of its root (usually procured by yanking the entire plant from the ground), break it open and take a whiff. Smells like a carrot to me. |
| Family: Parsley (Apiaceae)
Blooms: May though October Fruit: Bristly and curved inward like a bird's nest. Native to: Eurasia Photo Location: Canton, MI |
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