
Do you know why there's always a red spot in the middle of Queen Anne's Lace? [Click to enlarge]
Ann got it right: The flower is named after Queen Anne of Denmark (1574-1619), consort of James I of England. Anne was an avid and accomplished lace maker, and the red spot in the middle was said to be a drop of her blood from a needle prick, although I assume it's really there to attract pollinating insects. And James I had something named after him too -- the King James Version of the Bible.