Queen Anne's Lace
by Ginger Stein
Title
Queen Anne's Lace
Artist
Ginger Stein
Medium
Photograph - Macro Photography
Description
I have always found this flower - a weed to some - enchanting for its delicate beauty and the story that gave it it's common name. Queen Anne’s lace earned its common name from a legend that tells of Queen Anne of England (1665-1714) pricking her finger and a drop of blood landed on white lace she was sewing. The Queen Anne's lace flower resembles lace, and oftentimes the flower has a solitary purple dot in the center which is the drop of 'blood'. Belonging to the carrot family, Queen Anne’s lace is a biennial that is also known as wild carrot. Early Europeans cultivated Queen Anne’s lace, and the Romans ate it as a vegetable. American colonists boiled the taproots, sometimes in wine as a treat. Interestingly, Queen Anne’s lace is high in sugar (second only to the beet among root vegetables) and sometimes it was used among the Irish, Hindus and Jews to sweeten puddings and other foods. Queen Anne’s lace is found in fields, meadows, waste areas, roadsides and disturbed habitats. They are very hardy and thrive in a dry environment.
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September 7th, 2018
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