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Wild Carrot, also known as Queen Anne’s Lace or as Daucus Carota, is an abundant weed found all over the Northwest. The upper Chehalis people’s name for the month of June is 'wild carrot month' and it was an important food source for them.
This hardy plant has a long white tap root that is edible and smells and tastes just like a carrot. Popular with florists, the gorgeous flowers are long-lasting and a delicate filler for bouquets. They produce abundant seeds—also known as a bird’s nest—and the birds do go crazy for them in the fields in the fall. These seeds have many uses—distilled as an essential oil, cold pressed for a nutrient-rich oil and consumed to avoid pregnancy.

The essential oil in skin care is said to help improve the complexion of the skin and cell regeneration. It is specific to aged skin and can assist with conditions like eczema, psoriasis and rashes.

According to the ‘Flower Essence Repertory’, by Patricia Kaminsky and Richard Katz, Queen Anne’s Lace flower essence harmonizes both 'higher' and 'lower' energies, so that one can stay connected with the Earth, yet also be emotionally clear and objective in one’s spiritual insight and vision. The Queen Anne’s Lace flower helps to ground and stabilize, as well as to refine and sensitize the soul’s 'clear-seeing.'