This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Bird's Nest. Daucus Carota.
Parsley Family. July - Sept.
A plant 2 - 3 feet high. Found in fields, roadsides, waste places. Naturalized from Europe. Eastern half of United States and Canada.
White, tiny, in broad, rather flat cluster, curling up later, resembling a bird's nest.
Finely dissected.

Wild Carrot.
 
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