Jul 20
Wild carrot: the enigma of the dark centred umbel!
The wild carrot (Daucus carota) – also called Queen Anne’s Lace – is famous for having small dark flowers at the centre of the otherwise, white umbel. However, not all umbel heads have them! Despite being relatively tiny (a few millimetres across) these variably sized central umbellets as they are called (not omelettes but umbellets!), are quite apparent, i.e. visible, even from a distance (see…