Apiaceae
Cicely
Myrrhis odorata
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Myrrhis
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Common names
By language (37)
- Arabic
- بقدونس إفرنجي, مرا, مرس
- arz
- بقدونس افرنجى
- Asturian
- Anisinos
- Bulgarian
- Смирна
- Catalan
- Mirris, Cerfeuil musqué
- Chinese
- 欧洲没药, 歐洲沒藥, 甜芹, 茉莉芹
- Croatian
- Čehulja
- Czech
- Čechřice vonná
- Danish
- Spansk kørvel, Sødskærm
- Dutch
- Roomse kervel
- English
- Cicely, Anise, Sweet cicely, Garden myrrh
- Estonian
- Mesiputk
- Finnish
- Saksankirveli
- French
- Cerfeuil musqué, Cerfeuil d'Espagne, Cerfeuil Perpétuel, Fougère Musquée, Gros Persil, Cerfeuil anisé, Cerfeuil musque
- German
- Süssdolde, Süßdolde, Echte Süßdolde, Myrrhenkerbel, Cerfeuil musqué
- Icelandic
- Spánarkerfill
- Indonesian
- Seledri melur
- Irish
- Lus áinleoige
- Italian
- Finocchiella, Mirride Odorosa
- Japanese
- スイートシスリー
- Kazakh
- Миррис
- Korean
- 시슬리
- Lithuanian
- Garduoklė, Cerfeuil musqué, Kvapnioji garduoklė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Spansk kjørvel
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Spansk kjørvel
- Persian
- چتردار شیرین
- Polish
- Marchewnik anyżowy, Marchewnik wonny
- Scottish Gaelic
- Mirr
- Slovenian
- Dišeči kromač
- Spanish
- Perifollo Oloroso
- Swedish
- Spansk körvel, Cerfeuil musqué
- Turkish
- Misk Maydanozu
- Ukrainian
- Мірис запашний
- Vietnamese
- Myrrhis
- Walloon
- Cierfouy di pidjon
- war
- Myrrhis
- Welsh
- Creithig bêr
Synonyms
- Chaerophyllum odoratum (L.) Crantz
- Lindera odorata (L.) Asch.
- Myrrhis brevipedunculata Hoffm.
- Myrrhis iberica Hoffm.
- Myrrhis odorata subsp. sulcata (Lag.) Nyman
- Myrrhis odorata var. culta Alef.
- Myrrhis odorata var. sulcata (Lag.) Alef.
- Myrrhis sulcata Lag.
- Scandix odorata L.
- Selinum myrrhis E.H.L.Krause
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 140 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: przese, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: milan kořínek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Erler, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mikel Etxeberria Okariz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: agujaceratops, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roderic Page, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Moldekarl, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Healthy Yards, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.