Sonoma Mountain Ecology Notes

Celebrating and Caring for the Land

An Umbel of Umbels

Daucus carota, “Wild Carrot” or “Queen Anne’s lace” is a European biennial or perennial herb in the carrot family. Their flowers are arranged in a compound umbel, on stalks spreading from a common point…from the latin umbella meaning parasol or sunshade (umbrella).

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