Queen Anne's Lace (wild carrot) is often confused with its poisonous look-alike, Poison Hemlock. Here's how to tell them apart:

Queen Anne's Lace is a medicinal wild plant with edible roots, flowers, leaves, + seeds

Poison Hemlock is in the same family as Queen Anne's Lace, except it's highly toxic

Queen Anne’s lace has umbel shaped flowers that have lower bracts with three prongs

Whereas, Poison Hemlock flowers grow in rounded clusters called compound umbels

Queen Anne's Lace has a hairy stem & stalk

Poison hemlock stems are hairless, hollow, and almost always have distinctive purplish-red splotching

Queen Anne's Lace has leaves that smell of carrot + alternate, triangular in shape, with hairs like the stem

Poison Hemlock leaves are opposite + compound, hairless, lacy, + triangular in shape. They do not smell like carrot

Learn more with both of my identification guides:

IDENTIFY QUEEN ANNE'S LACE HERE

IDENTIFY POISON HEMLOCK HERE