Someday I will be a flower by Brian Dodd
Brian Dodd

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Featured in Magnificent Minnesota April 27, 2009.
Featured in Wildflowers of North America, December 2009.

I don’t know what this is but, it caught my eye while I was walking my dog.
Update: Thanks to some fellow bubblers this has been identified.

Daucus carota (common names include wild carrot, (UK) bird’s nest, bishop’s lace, and (US) Queen Anne’s lace) is a flowering plant, native to temperate regions of Europe, southwest Asia and northeast North America.
Daucus carota is a variable biennial plant, usually growing up to 1 m tall and flowering from June to August. The umbels are claret-coloured or pale pink before they open, then bright white and rounded when in full flower, measuring 3–7 cm wide with a festoon of bracts beneath; finally, as they turn to seed, they contract and become concave like a bird’s nest.
Description taken from wikipedia.

Wild Area near Austin, Minnesota. USA.
Google Earth: 43º 39.373’N, 92º 57.650’W

Canon EOS 40D, EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM
1/400, f3.5, 200mm, iso400

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Comments

  • Sensiworld
    Sensiworldabout 3 years ago

    Beautiful !

  • Thank you.

    – Brian Dodd

  • 2xfocus
    2xfocusabout 3 years ago

    Beautiful depth of field, lovely shot.
    Leanne.

  • Thank you.

    – Brian Dodd

  • kathy s gillentine
    kathy s gillen...about 3 years ago

    Fantastic capture

  • Thank You.

    – Brian Dodd

  • Jenni77
    Jenni77about 3 years ago

    this is just lovely :)

  • Thank You Very Much.

    – Brian Dodd

  • artist4peace
    artist4peaceabout 3 years ago

    Wonderful!
    one of my favorite!
    (Queen Anne’s Lace)

  • Thank You for your comment and the identification.

    – Brian Dodd

  • NatureGreeting Cards ©ccwri
    NatureGreeting...about 3 years ago

    Beautiful, yep its Queen Anne’s Lace

  • Thank You, I love the simple complexity of it.

    – Brian Dodd

  • cdwork
    cdworkabout 3 years ago

    Fantastic- I love green images. The light, detail and composition make this a simple beautiful image

  • Thank You Very Much!

    – Brian Dodd

  • Blair Wainman
    Blair Wainmanabout 3 years ago

    Beautiful image! Interesting to see this flower in the seed pod phase!! Well done and well written description!!

  • Thanks alot for you comment!

    – Brian Dodd

  • nadine henley
    nadine henleyabout 3 years ago

    fabulous capture – love the detail on the collar

  • Thank You!!

    – Brian Dodd

  • Misty Lackey
    Misty Lackeyabout 3 years ago

    great job god’s creation of nature at it’s best

  • Thanks alot for looking.

    – Brian Dodd