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Osmorhiza occidentalis
Also called Western Sweet Cicely, Sierran Sweet Cicely, Mountain Sweet Cicely, Sweet Anise, Western Sweet Root
Western sweetroot is a perennial woodland herb of western North America, growing up to about 1 metre tall with umbels of tiny yellowish flowers. It thrives in cool, moist, shaded forest conditions and is best grown in similar conditions in a garden.
Osmorhiza occidentalis is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common name western sweet cicely or western sweetroot.
It is native to western North America, including the Northwestern United States and California. It grows in moist wooded and forested areas, most commonly in montane forests between 1,200–3,000 metres (3,900–9,800 ft).
Many Native American groups used this plant for a great variety of medicinal purposes.
Aristate Sweetroot · Sweetcicely · California sweetcicely · Clayton's sweetroot · Bluntseed sweetroot · Longstyle sweetroot · Sweetroot
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Osmorhiza occidentalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
