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Pronunciation: DAW-kus kare-OH-ta
Common name: Queen Anne's lace, carrot
Family: Apiaceae (Carrot)
Habitat: Sporadic on roadsides, fields, disturbed places to 4500', native to Europe but widely naturalized in California Floristic Province
Blooming period: May to September
Name derivations: 1) Daucus 2) carota
NOTE: Resembling lace and named for Queen Anne of Great Britain or her great-grandmother Queen Anne of Denmark. The reddish-purple flower in the middle of the umbel is said to represent a drop of blood where one of the queens pricked herself while making lace.