Flower/weed ID please???

[bmc]

My wife and I were out atv'ing in the mines, north of Coleraine, MN.

Along side one of the roads we were on, we saw this unusual flower/weed.

The flowers were white and then it looks like the flower turns into a birds nest.

Photo is not the best, but hopefully good enough for an ID.

Thanks,

Brian

[micpic]

Brian, wild flowers often have alot of different names. But in this area we call it Queen Anne's Lace. Don't plant it in your flower garden because it's prolific.

Mike

[goblueM]

yep its Daucus carota, usually called Queen Anne's Lace, or Wild Carrot

dig one up and break the root, smells just like a carrot

I've been known to eat them, but it does look somewhat similar to poison hemlock, so you better know what the difference is. They're also I think a marginally effective birth control, I dont know if its the root or the flower that is ground and ingested for that purpose (historically anyways)