White Wildflower
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Name: Daucus
pusillus Common Name: American Wild Carrot Flower Color: White Plant Type: Herb, Annual Height: To 28 inches (71 cm) tall Date Observed: March 25, 2004 Notes: The tiny, all-white, 5-petaled flowers are in flat-topped umbels that turn brownish and fold up into cups when dry. The leaves are pinnately compound, often densely covered in bristly hairs, and when crushed, smell like those of carrots. The roots of this native, spring-blooming wildflower are edible. |
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