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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Osmorhiza claytonii   FAMILY Apiaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Osmorhiza claytonii, Bland Sweet Cicely, Hairy Sweet Cicely

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_wacl_001_lvd

        

image of Osmorhiza claytonii, Bland Sweet Cicely, Hairy Sweet Cicely

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).

image of Osmorhiza claytonii, Bland Sweet Cicely, Hairy Sweet Cicely

JK Marlow    jkm090404_085

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

image of Osmorhiza claytonii, Bland Sweet Cicely, Hairy Sweet Cicely

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).

image of Osmorhiza claytonii, Bland Sweet Cicely, Hairy Sweet Cicely

JK Marlow    jkm120523_204

May    Graham County    NC

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest

Roots & foliage not strongly anise-scented, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Osmorhiza claytonii, Bland Sweet Cicely, Hairy Sweet Cicely

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.

image of Osmorhiza claytonii, Bland Sweet Cicely, Hairy Sweet Cicely

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).


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image of Osmorhiza claytonii, Bland Sweet Cicely, Hairy Sweet Cicely

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmoclaytonii_swain4

May    Swain County    NC

Flowers 4-7(10) per umbellet..., umbel appearing relatively uncrowded, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Osmorhiza claytonii, Bland Sweet Cicely, Hairy Sweet Cicely

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmoclaytonii_gf

May?    Avery County    NC

Grandfather Mountain

image of Osmorhiza claytonii, Bland Sweet Cicely, Hairy Sweet Cicely

JK Marlow    jkm0507h_06

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Roadside

image of Osmorhiza claytonii, Bland Sweet Cicely, Hairy Sweet Cicely

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).

image of Osmorhiza claytonii, Bland Sweet Cicely, Hairy Sweet Cicely

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

 

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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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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

 

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