Some sort of umbelliferous flower

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	Some sort of umbelliferous flower
	Some sort of umbelliferous flower, a photo by Helen in Wales on Flickr. 26/52 for T189ers Photo-a-week. This week's theme was: 50mm. I don't have a 50mm lens and the markings on my kit lens only show 35 and 55, so I had to guess. The Exif data says that it was actually 49mm, so I hope this is close enough! One of these days I will learn to identify flowers, but this was a sweet-smelling umbelliferous flower of some kind growing by the river. Tags: 52 weeks, photo-a-week, photography

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	From: batwrangler	Date: July 2nd, 2011 02:24 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Nice. Maybe Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota)?

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	From: poliphilo	Date: July 2nd, 2011 02:56 pm (UTC)		(Link)

My suggestion too

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	From: heleninwales	Date: July 3rd, 2011 01:05 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Thanks for the suggestion. I will unearth the wildflower books and do some comparing.

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	From: puddleshark	Date: July 2nd, 2011 07:21 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Umbellifers are notoriously difficult to tell apart, but Daucus carota (Wild Carrot in the UK), very helpfully has a tiny red flower in the middle of the white flowers so you can tell it apart (see userpic!).

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From: coldhighmountai	Date: July 2nd, 2011 11:46 pm (UTC)		(Link)
ooh

I love the oof background. The foreground petals seem to be dancing!

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	From: heleninwales	Date: July 3rd, 2011 01:05 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: ooh

Thanks. I'm getting better at mostly out of focus photos since taking more of them last year on the 365 project.

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	From: readthisandweep	Date: July 3rd, 2011 08:56 am (UTC)		(Link)

Definitely not traditional Queen Anne's Lace. My guess would be a variety called Orlaya grandiflora.

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	From: heleninwales	Date: July 3rd, 2011 01:05 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Thanks for the suggestion. I will unearth the wildflower books and do some comparing.

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