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Queen Anne's-Lace, Wild Carrot (Daucus)

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Queen Anne's-Lace, Wild Carrot Genus Details

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Queen Anne's Lace, also called wild carrot, is a biennial with a bristly stem. The umbrel flowers are white and very lacy-looking with a little dark purple flower in the center. The flowers bloom from July to September. When the flower cluster withers, it curls and becomes nest shaped. This plant grows to be 2-4 feet tall. It was introduced from Europe and naturalized in fields and waste places. Herbalists use this plant as an extract or tea which is then used as a stimulant or diuretic. In the past, women have used the seeds as a contraceptive.
Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota).
Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota).
Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota).
Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota).

Queen Anne's-Lace, Wild Carrot Allergy Info

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Queen Anne's Lace is primarily insect-pollinated, but local cases of pollinosis have been reported in people living near heavily-infested fields.

Queen Anne's-Lace, Wild Carrot Pollen Description

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Grains are perprolate to prolate, cylindrical or slightly constricted at the equator; the amb rounded-triangular and 3-colporate; the colpi very narrow and long.
Grains are usually 25-30 micrometers in diameter.

Species in This Genus

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Queen Anne's-Lace, Wild Carrot (Daucus) is a genus of the APIACEAE family.
This genus includes the following allergenic species:

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Queen Anne's-Lace, Wild Carrot Genus Location

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The shaded areas on the map indicates where the genus has been observed in the United States. Click the map to see a full scale version of these allergy areas.
  - Native, observed in a county
  - Introduced, observed in a county
  - Rarely observed

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