Queen Anne's lace

Sorry, a small correction - I checked some old pictures of mine. the plant does have fine hairs but not as much as on a Yarrow stem -the plant that is featured in LarsKorb's weblink.

I agree with Argybee. The plant in his spotting grows wild in these parts. The stems are long and thin but sturdy and not hirsute. Flower heads are a compound umbel and start off as a tightly curled green ball- opening up into little umbels with flowers. A single deep maroon flower is seen on a single stem in the middle. Yarrow does not have any of these features -leaves are feathery and soft. The Queen Anne's lace flower stems stand upright close to a metre - some of the leaves resemble those of a carrot plant but are small. Leaves closer to the flower head are narrow and almost spiky with three lobes. I wish I could remember enough botany to give you a better picture ..

...might be...wouldn't be the first time Wiki being wrong :) Happy we found to an ID and I learned more about wild carrots - thx to you.

If you open the image in a new frame and inspect the stem it does seem hairy.

they are both in Asteraceae, but I agree with Argybee it is Queen Anne's Lace

Interesting. Every day something new :) The relation is just the unranked order of Asterids. One thing that still irritates me (but you can judge better since there is no clear pic of the stem): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Daucus_carota_plant.jpg/800px-Daucus_carota_plant.jpg Look at the stem - it's pretty furry

Yes, I checked the pics of development, Argybee - i still think it's a type of yarrow...there are pretty much species of it.

looks like a type of Yarrow to me