Believe it or not the Queen Ann's lace is actually a member of the carrot family. In fact it is sometimes called "Wild Carrot". Take a moment and smell the taproot and you will notice the carrot aroma. The flowers resemble lace with a single purple dot in the center. The leaves are feathery resembling the domestic carrots' leaves. The taproot has a high sugar content only second to another root- beets. In fact, the Irish sometimes used it as a sweetener in things such as pudding.
There is a poisonous hemlock growing in swampy areas that could be confused with Queen Ann's Lace. Before you eat any part of the Queen Anne's Lace, make sure you know the difference between it and the poisonous cousin, Water Hemlock.
Queen Ann's Lace is a biennial. The first year it simply grows and the second year it blooms.
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