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Wild carrot

Description:

Open field wonder

Habitat:

Low elevation field

Notes:

Found this in an old apple orchard field. Plentiful.

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3 Comments

chesterbperry
chesterbperry 11 years ago

I agree with DrP, definitely not D. carota, highly likely as Derrick suggests it is a poisonous member of same family and nearly impossible to ID from available info. This is why including additional photos of entire plant and habitat information are always helpful in getting an accurate ID.

DerrickLK
DerrickLK 11 years ago

Definitely be careful with the identification of this species (especially if you are considering eating it)! Many species close to the wild carrot are extremely poisonous. It's hard to tell from the photo which exact species it is because many species in this family have the same type of flower.

drP
drP 11 years ago

I don't think this is Queen Anne's lace. The flowers in the umbel are not clustered together closely enough. Also, Queen Anne's lace has long, sharply lobed bracts under the umbel, and there are no bracts visible here.

MichaelBuffum
Spotted by
MichaelBuffum

Swanzey, New Hampshire, USA

Spotted on Jul 27, 2012
Submitted on Feb 27, 2013

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