So the reference to using Queen Anne's lace for cow parsley (in a book set in
the UK) in the 1500s was, as I suspected, incorrect. My instinct that is was
incorrect was because lace hadn't been around long enough, and called 'lace'
as a generic term, for the word and concept of it to have
The following is an excerpt from Wikipedia:
Bishop's lace, or queen anne's lace (Daucus carota) is a flowering plant in
the family Apiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe and southwest
Asia; domesticated carrots are cultivars of a subspecies, Daucus carota
subsp. sativus.
Daucus carota
