Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota)

Queen Anne's Lace, also commonly called wild carrot, is a highly invasive exotic biennual plant from Eurasia. It is originally from Europe and western Asia. It has become highly invasive in North America and Australia. It is prevalent in abandoned dry to mesic fields and prairies.

It is thought that it has escaped home gardens as an ornamental. A subspecies cultivar of this plant is actually the common carrot that we can get at a supermarket. The young roots of this plant are also edible but quickly become too tough too eat.

Wild carrot can be seen almost anywhere in the Midwestern part of the United States. It is especially ubiquitous along roadsides or in empty lots. It has become a problem in prairie restoration but it can fade away if the restoration is done properly with strong resistant native plants such as wild bergamot or yellow coneflower.