Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Aniseroot at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Osmorhiza longistylis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Osmorhiza longistylis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-08-002:
Osmorhiza longistylis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Osmorrhiza longistylis
COMMON NAME:
Aniseroot, Smooth Sweet Cicely, Longstyle Sweet-cicely
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Look for it in moist fertile forests, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Common (rare in Coastal Plain, rare in GA Piedmont, uncommon in GA Mountains)
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Osmorhiza longistylis FAMILY Apiaceae
Aniseroot, Smooth Sweet Cicely, Longstyle Sweet-cicely
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Aniseroot at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm090102_092
January Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Roots, stems, leaves and fruits have the scent of anise or licorice, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_osmorhiza_longistylis
March
Umbellets 4-6(8) per umbel, on rays 1.5-5(7.5)cm long: umbel rather crowded, per Weakley's Flora.
Keith Bradley kab_o_longistylis_03045
April NC
Similar to O. claytonii, but anise-scented & styles much longer than petals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmolongistylis_wads
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Flowers (6)9-18 per umbellet..., umbel rather crowded, per Weakley's Flora.
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.
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