Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota) gets its common name from a legend that Queen Anne of England (1665 to 1714) pricked her finger, and a drop of blood fell on the white lace she sewed.
Queen Anne’s lace flower looks like lace, and the flower often has a msingle purple dot in the center. Daucus carota is a biennial herb that belongs to the Apiaceae (carrot) family and is native to Southwest Asia and Europe.
