Lace Work is a photograph by Wild Thing which was uploaded on July 31st, 2015.
Lace Work
One of my favorite wildflowers is Queen Anne's Lace, not to be confused with poison hemlock. You can tell the difference by the one purple/red flower... more
by Wild Thing
Title
Lace Work
Artist
Wild Thing
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Photograph - Photography
Description
One of my favorite wildflowers is Queen Anne's Lace, not to be confused with poison hemlock. You can tell the difference by the one purple/red flower that the lovely Queen Anne's Lace has in the center of its cluster of white flowers.
Queen Anne's Lace:
Daucus carota, whose common names include wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe, southwest Asia and naturalized to North America and Australia.
It was introduced and naturalised in North America, where it is often known as "Queen Anne's lace". Both Anne, Queen of Great Britain, and her great grandmother Anne of Denmark are taken to be the Queen Anne for which the plant is named. so called because the flower resembles lace; the red flower in the center is thought to represent a blood droplet where Queen Anne pricked herself with a needle when she was making the lace.
Extra caution should be used when collecting D. carota because it bears a close resemblance to poison hemlock. In addition, the leaves of the wild carrot can cause phytophotodermatitis, also known as "Lime Disease" (not to be confused with Lyme Disease), a chemical reaction which makes skin hypersensitive to ultraviolet light. So caution should also be used when handling the plant. It has also been used as a method of contraception and an abortifacient for centuries.
This beneficial weed can be used as a companion plant to crops. Like most members of the umbellifer family, it attracts wasps to its small flowers in its native land; however, where it has been introduced, it attracts only very few of such wasps. This species is also documented to boost tomato plant production when kept nearby, and it can provide a microclimate of cooler, moister air for lettuce, when intercropped with it.
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July 31st, 2015