Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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
Habitat: Rocky prairies, open woodlands, pastures, fields, roadsides, waste places, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p385
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p538-539
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p397
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p060
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p032
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p176
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p212
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p115
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