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Aristate Sweetroot

Osmorhiza aristata

Aristate Sweetroot
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Temp. Asia
Climate
temperate

About

Osmorhiza aristata (Chinese: 香根芹, Japanese: 藪人参) is a perennial plant belonging to the genus Osmorhiza, in the family Apiaceae. It is native to East Asia.

Where it grows

The plant is endemic to Eastern Asia, particularly China, Korea and Japan, where it grows on the sides of mountains and stream banks at elevations between 200 and 3,500 meters (660 and 11,480 ft), shaded by bushes and other plants.

Other Osmorhiza plants

Sweetcicely · California sweetcicely · Clayton's sweetroot · Bluntseed sweetroot · Longstyle sweetroot · Western sweetroot · Sweetroot

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Osmorhiza aristata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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