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sweet cicelies
Osmorhiza
Osmorhiza is a genus of perennial herbs, known generally as sweet cicely, sweetcicely, or sweetroot. Most species are native to North America, but some grow in South America and Asia. Some species are used for medicinal purposes, but have dangerous lookalikes. The fruits of this plant have barbs on the end allowing them to stick to clothing, fur, or feathers.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first
aniseroot
speciesOsmorhiza longistylis
hairy sweet cicely
speciesOsmorhiza claytonii
mountain sweet cicely
speciesOsmorhiza berteroi
Western Sweet-cicely
speciesOsmorhiza occidentalis
blunt-fruited sweet-cicely
speciesOsmorhiza depauperata
California sweet cicely
speciesOsmorhiza brachypoda
Aristate sweetroot
speciesOsmorhiza aristata
Purple Sweet-cicely
speciesOsmorhiza purpurea
Mexican Sweetcicely
speciesOsmorhiza mexicana
Osmorhiza glabrata
speciesOsmorhiza glabrata
Osmorhiza geohintonii
speciesOsmorhiza geohintonii
Osmorhiza bipatriata
speciesOsmorhiza bipatriata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53167.