"Bird's Nest" I

The British common name is "Bird's Nest", or seed pods of the Queen Anne's Lace. This picture shows the nest 'before bloom'.

 

This plant is a biennial which grows, in its second year, from a taproot (the carrot) to a height of two to four feet. The stems are erect and branched; both stems and leaves are covered with short coarse hairs. During the flowering period the head is nearly flat or slightly convex, but as the seeds ripen the form becomes very cup-like; hence one of the popular names for this plant is "bird's nest." The seeds are covered with numerous little bristles arranged in five rows.

 

 

 

 

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