From bud to seedhead of Wild Carrot, aka Queen Anne’s Lace.
One of the plants that are so far holding up in the drought. Their method of reproduction is fascinating. The seed head uses weather conditions to curlback up again and then spring open sharply to disperse the seeds long distances from the parent plant in all directions. I’d never heard of the term “hygroscopic movement” before, I do love a good rabbit hole!
For this slightly more detailed picture I needed to trace the top and middle pictures but freehanded the third one.
