Apiaceae
Sweetcicely
Osmorhiza berteroi
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Osmorhiza
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- سرفيل مروح تشيلي
- English
- Sweetcicely
Synonyms
- Calappa elegantina Kuntze
- Chaerophyllum chilense (Molina) Poir.
- Myrrhis berteroi D.Dietr.
- Myrrhis nuda Greene
- Osmorhiza berteroi var. gracilior Phil.
- Osmorhiza brevipes Suksd.
- Osmorhiza brevistylis Bong.
- Osmorhiza chilensis Hook. & Arn.
- Osmorhiza divaricata (Britton) Piper
- Osmorhiza divaricata Nutt.
- Osmorhiza divaricata var. nuda M.E.Jones
- Osmorhiza intermedia Blank.
- Osmorhiza nuda Torr.
- Osmorhiza nuda var. brevipes Jeps.
- Osmorhiza nuda var. divaricata Jeps.
- Scandix chilensis Molina
- Scandix clavata Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f.
- Scandix divaricata (Britton) Koso-Pol.
- Scandix nuda (Torr.) Koso-Pol.
- Schudia chilensis Molina ex Gay
- Uraspermum barbatum Farw.
- Uraspermum berteroi Kuntze
- Uraspermum brevipes (J.M.Coult. & Rose) Farw.
- Uraspermum divaricatum (Britton) Farw.
- Uraspermum nudum Kuntze
- Washingtonia brevipes J.M.Coult. & Rose
- Washingtonia longistylis var. intermedia Rydb.
- Washingtonia nuda (Torr.) A.Heller
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kate, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dutza K., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: user12, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.