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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Osmorhiza longistylis   FAMILY Apiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Osmorhiza longistylis   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Osmorhiza longistylis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-08-002:

Osmorhiza longistylis   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Osmorrhiza longistylis

 

COMMON NAME:
Aniseroot, Smooth Sweet Cicely, Longstyle Sweet-cicely


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_walo2_001_lvd

        

image of Osmorhiza longistylis, Aniseroot, Smooth Sweet Cicely, Longstyle Sweet-cicely

JK Marlow    jkm090102_085

January    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

image of Osmorhiza longistylis, Aniseroot, Smooth Sweet Cicely, Longstyle Sweet-cicely

JK Marlow    jkm090102_092

January    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

image of Osmorhiza longistylis, Aniseroot, Smooth Sweet Cicely, Longstyle Sweet-cicely

JK Marlow    jkm180427_1563b

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Similar to O. claytonii, but anise-scented & styles much longer than petals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Osmorhiza longistylis, Aniseroot, Smooth Sweet Cicely, Longstyle Sweet-cicely

JK Marlow    jkm180427_1566

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Osmorhiza longistylis, Aniseroot, Smooth Sweet Cicely, Longstyle Sweet-cicely

Keith Bradley    kab_o_longistylis_03045

April        NC

Larger flowers & more per umbellet, more umbellets per umbel, shorter rays - than O. claytonii, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Osmorhiza longistylis, Aniseroot, Smooth Sweet Cicely, Longstyle Sweet-cicely

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmolongistylis_wads

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Osmorhiza longistylis, Aniseroot, Smooth Sweet Cicely, Longstyle Sweet-cicely

JK Marlow    jkm230525_3445

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Osmorhiza longistylis, Aniseroot, Smooth Sweet Cicely, Longstyle Sweet-cicely

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmolongistylis_swain1

May    Swain County    NC

Egg-shaped leaflets deeply lobed & toothed. Stem nearly smooth (occ. hairy), per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).


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image of Osmorhiza longistylis, Aniseroot, Smooth Sweet Cicely, Longstyle Sweet-cicely

JK Marlow    jkm0406h_32

June    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Bald

Roots, stems, leaves and fruits have the scent of anise or licorice, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Osmorhiza longistylis, Aniseroot, Smooth Sweet Cicely, Longstyle Sweet-cicely

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmolongistyl_flatcreek1

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Osmorhiza longistylis   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Osmorhiza longistylis   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Osmorhiza longistylis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-08-002:
Osmorhiza longistylis   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Osmorrhiza longistylis

 

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995

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist, fertile forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Mountains & Carolina Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary

Flowers in compound umbels

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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