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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Osmorhiza claytonii
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Bland Sweet Cicely at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Osmorhiza claytonii
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Osmorhiza claytonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-08-001:
Osmorhiza claytonii FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Osmorrhiza claytonii
COMMON NAME:
Bland Sweet Cicely, Hairy Sweet Cicely
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_wacl_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090404_077
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Leaves to 1' long, often hairy, twice triple-compound, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090404_085
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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Samantha Tessel sam_2664
April Oconee County SC
Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve
Styles plus stylopodium 0.5-1.5mm long (vs. O. longistylis styles + stylopodium 2.0-3.5mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm120523_204
May Graham County NC
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
Roots & foliage not strongly anise-scented, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmoclaytonii_swain1
May Swain County NC
Umbellets 3-5(6) per umbel, on rays 2-8(10)cm long; umbel relatively uncrowded, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmoclaytonii_swain2
May Swain County NC
Umbels compound with hairy stalks. Flower petals longer than the styles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
COMPARE
Osmorhiza species
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmoclaytonii_swain4
May Swain County NC
Flowers 4-7(10) per umbellet..., umbel appearing relatively uncrowded, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmoclaytonii_gf
May? Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm0507h_06
July Pocahontas County WV
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm070702_183
July Pocahontas County WV
The Falls of Hill Creek
Capsules (schizocarps) with slightly flattened nutlets, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm201026_7959
October Spartanburg County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Osmorhiza claytonii
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Osmorhiza claytonii
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Osmorhiza claytonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-08-001:
Osmorhiza claytonii
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Osmorrhiza claytonii
994
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: cove forests, other moist, fertile forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
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!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p224
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p149
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p167
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p035
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p179
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p215
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p116
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