Queen Anne's Chandelier
Doesn't Queen Anne's Lace look like a chandelier up close? Just imagine, each little bud holding a lit candle...
More Alien Palm Trees
Wildflowers look so different when you start looking at them from any angle other than straight on. I especially love the radial pattern in the foreground Queen Anne's Lace.
Nip Out for Some Nectar
Here's another shot of the little winged thing enjoying a tasty treat from the flowers of the Queen Anne's Lace, one of my favorite wildflowers.
Wasp and Lace
I've noticed that each of the different kind of flowers around my apartment attracts different insects. For instance, the hosta I posted earlier today draws mostly ants, who climb up the thick flower stalks, presumably to gather nectar or pollen. The Queen Anne's Lace attracts these little fellows, some kind of small bee or wasp.
A Dainty Snowflake of a Flower
The delicate cluster of flowers on a Queen Anne's Lace probably has the same uniqueness as a snowflake -- no two, out of the millions of billions of them that bloom every year, will ever be exactly identical.
Alien Palm Trees
Well, ok, no, it's Queen Anne's Lace from the wooded hill by my apartment.
Queen Anne's Lace
I've always been curious how this flower got its name. The "Lace" part is obvious, of course, but why Queen Anne? And which Anne? Why not, Queen Elizabeth's Lace? Or King Richard's Lace?
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