Thursday, July 18, 2013

Queen Anne's Lace

It is assumed that this flower is named after an English monarch and her great grandmother, both with the name of Anne. As Anne of Green Gables says "it looks so much more distinguished with an E." 


 This flower grows wild in the Northwest. It has a strong stem that it hard to tear. It is called lace because it looks like lace
The red part of the flower is to attract bees but legend says that the queen pricked her finger while making lace. It isn't likely that she would have made lace, being a queen and all, but legend is fun to imagine and reminds me of a fairy tale.



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