Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Queen annes lace / Wild carrot (Daucus carota) flower, Stenje region, Lake Macro Prespa, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) pair mating on Wild carrot (Daucus carota carota) flower, Hvblege, Mn, Denmark, July 2009

Solvin Zankl / Seeds of Wild carrot plant (Daucus carota), Europe. When ripe, the seeds form a concave umbel unlike the flat umbel of the flower when in bloom. Spines on the seeds attach to the furry feet of mammals...

Nigel Cattlin / Carrot root fly (Psila rosae) on Carrot (Daucus carota), a serious pest to this crop.

Nigel Cattlin / Spotted snake millepede (Blaniulus guttulatus) inside a damaged Carrot (Daucus carota) root.

Nigel Cattlin / Carrot root fly (Psila rosae) on Carrot (Daucus carota), a serious pest to this crop.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Cow parsley, (Anthriscus sylvestris), growing in unimproved meadow habitat, Scotland, UK, July.

David Woodfall / Dry stone walls in a field of Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) and Buttercups (Ranunculus acris), New House National Nature Reserve and North Pennine Dales Meadows Special Area of Conservation, Yor...

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Chinese angelica (Angelica dahurica) growing in the wild, San He District Forest, near Yichun city, Heilongjiang Province, China

Paul Hobson / Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) female resting on Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris). Sheffield, England, UK.

Ernie Janes / Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum), Hedge parsley (Torilis) and Allium seedhead silhouettes on white background.

Sandra Bartocha / Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) with Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) Oland, Sweden