Re: Queen Anne's Lace (Wild carrot)

> Hi - generally a lurker here -
> 
>    I learned from a camp counselor (in IN) when I was in the scouts that
> the way to tell true Queen Anne's Lace from cow parsnip(?) (I believe)> 
> was by looking for this maroon center.  The story we were told was that
> Queen Anne was  working on her lace when she pricked her finger with the
> needle and a drop of blood fell onto the lace.  This has stuck with me
> all these years and I always look for that purple center.

Hi Sharon,

   Now, just to confuse you, I'm going to talk about var. epurparatus.  :)

   According to Mohlenbrock ("Guide to the Vascular Flora of Illinois"),
   there are several varieties of Daucus carota (Queen Anne's Lace.
   I don't remember any of the other ones, but I do remember that he
   discusses var. epurparatus as a white to rose-colored variety *without*
   the purple dot in the middle.  I've seen populations of Queen Anne's lace
   without that dot and often wondered if it was a white var. epurparatus...

   Comments?

Chris

P.S.  Glad to see you posting, and thanks for the story!  Definitely a
      keeper...

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