Author | L. | |
Distribution | Throughout the state, no doubt in every county, and including the Outer Banks of Dare, Hyde, and Carteret counties.
Native of Europe; in N.A. throughout. | |
Abundance | Common to often abundant throughout, except uncommon in the Sandhills proper and on the Outer Banks. One of the most often seen exotic species in the state. | |
Habitat | Fields, meadows, pastures, roadsides, campus weed, yard weed, vacant lots, waste places. |
Phenology | Flowering and fruiting May-September. | |
Identification | Queen-Anne's-Lace hardly needs description, since it is familiar to most folks. The leaves are lacy-cut; and the broad, domed umbel is bright white, usually with a maroon central flower. The stems are hispid-hairy. The overlooked and rather poorly-known native D. pusillus differs mainly in its shorter umbel rays (less than 3 cm long vs. greater than 3 cm long in Queen-Anne's-Lace) and having barbed bristles on fruits (vs. unbarbed in the non-native species). | |
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State Rank | SE | |
Global Rank | GNR | |
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USACE-agcp | UPL link |
USACE-emp | UPL link |