Queen Anne's Lace.

1. Jimbo
   July 9th, 2007 at 5:07 am

   I knew this flower as chigger weed. When I was a kid, you could always find tons of chiggers on them.

2. Jimmy
   July 9th, 2007 at 6:05 am

   and the real reason why theres a red spot in the middle is...?

3. Taquito
   July 9th, 2007 at 6:50 am

   Ha, that's neat, I remember those things from growing up in Pittsburgh - come to think of it, I got in trouble once for trying to eat the root after some kid had told me it was just like a carrot (apparently my mom wasn't too keen on me eating some random wild plant just on the word of some equally random kid ... go figure!)

4. gail
   July 9th, 2007 at 8:15 am

   Alex, thanks for posting my picture. I was taking a walk in the park yesterday evening, and that Queen Anne's Lace was just asking to be photographed.

5. gail
   July 9th, 2007 at 8:20 am

   Oh, and the Queen Anne in the legend was Queen Anne of Denmark (wife of James I of England), who was an avid and accomplished lace maker.

   And I suppose the real reason there's a red spot in the middle is to attract pollinating insects....?

6. Miss Cellania
   July 9th, 2007 at 12:10 pm

   I took a look this morning, and my Queen Anne's Lace is defective... none have a red spot!

7. Alex
   July 9th, 2007 at 4:06 pm

   It's a fantastic photo, gail. I didn't know you're a talented photographer as well!

   Regarding whether the red spot in the middle is to attract pollinating insects, it makes sense ... but insects (like bees, for instance) "see" the world very differently.

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