We once knew an ol' timer who called this flower, Queen Anne's Doily. If you click on the photo to the right you will notice two things .... first, the florets on the outer edge are larger than all the other florets . I have never noticed this before. The second thing to notice is the velvety maroon floret in the very center of the flower. The ol' timer told my children that this is where the Queen pricked her finger and left a tiny little blood stain on her doily. Queen Anne's Lace is part of the carrot family, and the carrot like root can be cooked and eaten. This plant is considered an invasive weed in about fourteen states ... but as Ralph Waldo Emerson said " A weed is simply a plant whose virtues we haven't discovered yet".Where I found it : in the field
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