Other Common Names: American Wild-carrot, Rattlesnake-carrot, Rattlesnake-weed Scientific Name: Daucus pusillus Michaux Family: Apiaceae (Carrot Family); Genus: Daucus (Wild Carrot, Queen-Anne's-lace)Radford et al. (1968): Daucus pusillus p. 771 Range in the US: The NorthWest and the South SE Nativity: Yes Habit: Medium Annual Forb Sun: Part-Full Soil: Average-Moist Germination: Unknown. One month stratification may help Parentage: Sparkleberry Springs, Oglethorpe County, GA Comments: The native congener of the familiar, but introduced, European Queen-Anne's-lace (Daucus carota). American Queen-Anne's-lace grows in the same habitats but it can be recognized by its not having the central purple to black flower found in the umbels of the naturalized species. [But this lack of the black flower is also shared with the naturalized Eurasian Conium maculatum Linnaeus, Poison-hemlock or Socrates' Bane, so herbalists beware!] American Queen-Anne's-lace has barbs on the ends of the spines on its fruit, while the European species is barbless. Source of nector and seeds are likely a food source for birds and small mammals. Image by Glenn Galau ©SparkleberrySprings.com USDA-DAPU3 Profile
APIDAUPUS Packet contains at least 20 sound seed; spines removed for ease in handling If multiple packets are ordered, we may combine them into a single packet Sorry - Sold Out
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