Apiaceae
California sweetcicely
Osmorhiza brachypoda
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Osmorhiza
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Osmorhiza brachypodaApiaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- California sweetcicely
Synonyms
- Myrrhis brachypoda (Torr. ex Durand) Greene
- Osmorhiza brachypoda var. fraterna Jeps.
- Scandix brachypoda (Torr. ex Durand) Koso-Pol.
- Washingtonia brachypoda A.Heller
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.