Queen Anne's Lace
Botanical Name Daucus carota
Family Apiaceae
Biennial
Mature Size is 1-4 ft. tall
Sun Exposure - Full to partial sun
Soil Type - Adapts to many soils, dry, sandy
A familiar sight in meadows and along roadsides all summer long, Queen Anne's lace is a very pretty wildflower
The leaves are delicate and thready, somewhat fern-like in appearance
The flat flower tops are a creamy white disk of tiny flowers, and look a bit like wild yarrow at a distance
The flowers are also similar to the flowers of goutweed, aka bishop's weed (Aegopodium podagraria)
While it has a place in the landscape as a source of food for pollinators and makes a long-lasting cut flower in a wildflower arrangement, Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota) is essentially a common weed
It is also commonly called wild carrot, as the root looks like a slender pale orange carrot and has a carrot-like scent
The young root is edible and can be eaten like a carrot, raw, in a salad, or cooked in a soup
Queen Anne's lace spreads aggressively by reseeding itself. It adapts easily to poor soil conditions and tends to grow where many things won't
Being a very vigorous plant, Queen Anne lace needs very little care to thrive and will do just fine if left alone. To control the spread, snip off the flower heads before they go to seed in late summer
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