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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Osmorhiza longistylis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Read more about Aniseroot at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Osmorhiza longistylis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Osmorhiza longistylis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-08-002:
Osmorhiza longistylis FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Osmorrhiza longistylis
COMMON NAME:
Aniseroot, Smooth Sweet Cicely, Longstyle Sweet-cicely
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_walo2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090102_085
January Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1563
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1563b
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Umbellets 4-6(8) per umbel, on rays 1.5-5(7.5)cm long: umbel rather crowded, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1566
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_o_longistylis_03045
April NC
Similar to O. claytonii, but anise-scented & styles much longer than petals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmolongistylis_wads
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Flowers (6)9-18 per umbellet..., umbel rather crowded, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_o_longistylis_2
April
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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 (Newcomb, 1977).
COMPARE
Osmorhiza species
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JK Marlow jkm0406h_32
June Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Bald
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmolongistyl_flatcreek1
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Osmorhiza longistylis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Osmorhiza longistylis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Osmorhiza longistylis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-08-002:
Osmorhiza longistylis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Osmorrhiza longistylis
995
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist, fertile forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Mountains & Carolina Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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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) p150
- 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