Common Name: wild carrot, queen Anne's lace, bird's nestScientific Name: Daucus carota L.Family Name: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) - Carrot FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced biennial, reproducing by seed Stemssecond year, reproductive, upright, hollow, hairy, branched above Leavesfinely pinnately compound, long petioles, rosette; alternate on flowering stems Flowers5-petaled, white; clustered in flat-topped terminal umbels; single purple flower in umbel center, umbel usually curls when mature