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Queen Anne's Lace is blooming in the prairie!
This familiar wildflower, also known as wild carrot, is the wild relative from which today's cultivated garden carrots were domesticated.
If you enjoy foraging, you'll be happy to know that all parts of Queen Anne's Lace are edible. However, never eat a plant unless you're absolutely certain of its identity. Queen Anne's Lace has deadly look-alikes, including poison hemlock and water hemlock.
A helpful way to identify Queen Anne's Lace is to remember that "Queen Anne has hairy legs and wears a tutu." Look for:
🌼 Flat clusters of tiny white flowers with green bracts ("the tutu") beneath them.
🌿 A stem covered in tiny hairs ("hairy legs").
💜 Sometimes, a single dark purple floret in the center of the flower cluster.
🍃 Alternate, fern-like leaves along the stem.
Always forage safely and know your look-alikes!
Photo: Stephanie Briand, Aldo Leopold Nature Center
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