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Queen Anne's lace Also known as wild carrot, Queen Anne's lace is not native to Texas and can spread rapidly.
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Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 4 June 2024
Where some might not expect to find wild edibles, Dry has harvested hickory nuts (to make kanuchi), lion’s mane, wild carrots, sassafras root, wild onions, wild garlic, and a mushroom Cherokees call wishi.
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Rebecca Nagle, Bon Appétit, 14 Mar. 2023
Poison hemlock is a weed, and wild carrot is another Michigan weed that is often mistaken for hemlock.
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Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2023
People confuse hemlock with cow parsley also known as wild chervil, wild carrot or Queen Anne’s Lace and many other names.
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oregonlive, 29 May 2022
My dear friend Juliet took care of the bouquet — a tangle of California natives including blooming poppies, little white starbursts of wild carrot and eucalyptus sprigs that filled the air with their herbal scent.
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Emily Beyda, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2021
This plant can reach heights up to 14 feet tall, and hairy stalks and white flower clusters closely resemble the wild carrot (also known as Queen Anne's lace).
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Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2019
Some of the wildflowers were familiar - clover, buttercups, daisies, wild carrot.
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Adrian Higgins, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2019
During my visit, the fields were a study in yellow and white, the latter provided by the wild carrot and bladder campion.
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Adrian Higgins, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2019
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First Known Use
circa 1538, in the meaning defined above
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“Wild carrot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20carrot. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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