Osmorhiza claytonii

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Apioideae
Tribus: Scandiceae
Subtribus: Scandicinae
Genus: Osmorhiza
Species: Osmorhiza claytonii
Name

Osmorhiza claytonii (Michx.) C.B.Clarke, 1879
Synonyms

Chaerophyllum claytonii (Michx.) Pers.
Chaerophyllum dulce Fisch. ex Steud.
Myrrhis claytonii Michx.
Myrrhis longistylis Torr.
Osmorhiza aristata var. brevistylis (DC.) B. Boivin
Osmorhiza brevistylis (DC.) Bong.
Osmorhiza claytonii (Michx.) Britton, Stern & Poggenb.
Osmorhiza claytonii (Michx.) C. B. Cl.
Scandix claytonii (Michaux) Koso-Poljanski
Scandix longistylis (Torr.) Koso-Pol.
Uraspermum claytonii (Michx.) Nutt.
Washingtonia claytonii (Michx.) Britt.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References

Clarke, C.B., Fl. Brit. India 2: 690 (1879) "claytoni"

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Osmorhiza claytonii. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Sep 01. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Osmorhiza claytonii. Published online. Accessed: Sep 01 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Osmorhiza claytonii in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Sep 01.
Tropicos.org 2018. Osmorhiza claytonii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Sep 01.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Osmorhiza claytonii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: Sweet Cicely, Clayton's sweetroot

Osmorhiza claytonii is a North American perennial herb, native to Canada and the eastern United States. It is also known as Clayton's sweetroot[3] or sweet cicely, a name it shares with other members of its genus Osmorhiza.[4][5][6]

The leaves are yellowish green. There are white hairs on the stem and to a lesser extent on the leaves as well. It is ternately branched, having three-leafed branches. When broken it has an anise like smell or flavor.

The seeds of this plant have barbs on the end allowing them to stick to clothing, fur, or feathers.
Description

Osmorhiza claytonii is a herbaceous plant perennial tall (45-90 cm) and pubescent. Leaves large, compound, deeply divided, and dentate. Flowers small (1.5 mm), white, clustered with others on a long-stalked umbel. Its native habitats include rich woods and wooded slopes.[7]
References

"Osmorhiza claytonii". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
The Plant List, Kew
"Osmorhiza claytonii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
Gleason, H. A. 1968. The Choripetalous Dicotyledoneae. vol. 2. 655 pp. In H. A. Gleason: New Britton and Brown Illustrated Flora of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. New York Botanical Garden, New York
Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
Voss, E. G. 1985. Michigan Flora. Part II Dicots (Saururaceae-Cornaceae). Bulletin of the Cranbrook Institute of Science 59. xix + 724.
"Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18.