Queen Anne's Lace Daucus carota LinnaeusNon-native  -  Invasive    Synonyms: QAL, Wild Carrot.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Apiales   >   Family Apiaceae   >   Genus Daucus   

Status:

"Naturalized from Europe; a weed from Quebec westward and southward" (Reed, 1964).

Relationships:

Host plant for Eastern Black Swallowtail.

There are 641 records in the project database.

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Queen Anne's Lace in Harford Co., Maryland (7/21/2014). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/27/2011). Note the red purplish spot in the middle. Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace blooming in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/4/2015). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/29/2019). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/11/2014). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/30/2016). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Howard Co., Maryland (5/24/2010). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace blooming in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/19/2015). Photo by Kimberly Booth. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/16/2016). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Dorchester Co., Maryland (9/1/2017). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace blooming at Swan Creek in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/12/2013). Photo by Tim Carney. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/4/2016). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in fruit in Talbot Co., Maryland (7/23/2016). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in fruit in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/4/2016). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace growing in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/23/2016). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/29/2019). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

A Queen Anne's lace that has gone to seed in Talbot Co., Maryland (8/19/2012). An intoroduced common roadside plant throughout North America, Queen Anne's Lace is introduced from Eurasia. Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace hosting a Black Swallowtail caterpillar in Carroll Co., Maryland (8/3/2016). Photo by Maddie Koenig. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace growing in Kent Co., Maryland (7/16/2016). Photo by Dan Small. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace blooming in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/29/2016). Photo by Robert Ferraro. (MBP list)

A Queen Anne's Lace in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/2/1980). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/20/2017). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Baltimore City, Maryland (6/30/2019). (c) caitlnrose, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by caitlnrose via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Somerset Co., Maryland (8/6/2019). (c) Jennifer Rycenga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jennifer Rycenga via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/7/2019). (c) quaa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by quaa via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/18/2019). (c) Vicky Hsu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Vicky Hsu via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Washington Co., Maryland (9/16/2019). (c) Ken Rosenthal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Ken Rosenthal via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/19/2019). (c) atatone, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by atatone via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Queen Anne's Lace in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/16/2019). (c) dbnelson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by dbnelson via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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