Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Daucus pusillus
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Daucus pusillus
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-05-002:
Daucus pusillus
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Daucus pusillus
COMMON NAME:
American Queen Anne's Lace, American Carrot, American Wild Carrot, Seed-ticks
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JK Marlow jkm110417_927
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
The central flower of the umbel is white, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm110417_932
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
Involucral bracts not scarious-margined, involucre extending beyond the compound umbel in flower, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Wild Carrot/Queen Anne's Lace species
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JK Marlow jkm110417_933
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
Smaller and less branched than the ubiquitously naturalized D. carota, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Daucus pusillus
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Daucus pusillus
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-05-002:
Daucus pusillus
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Daucus pusillus
439
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Habitat: Rocky prairies, open woodlands, pastures, fields, roadsides, waste places, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Flowers in compound umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p385
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p397
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p060
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p176
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p212
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p115