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Osmorhiza claytonii (Michaux) C.B. Clarke. Bland Sweet Cicely, Hairy Sweet Cicely, Sweet Jarvil. Phen: Apr-May; May-Jun. Hab: Cove forests, other moist, fertile forests. Dist: NS and QC west to SK, south to NC, n. GA, AL, AR, and (historically) LA (Kelley 2023b).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Il, K1, K3, K4, MC, Mi, Mo2, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tn, Va, W, Lowry & Jones (1979); = Osmorhiza claytoni – F, G, GrPl, Tat, WV, orthographic variant; = Osmorrhiza claytonii – S, orthographic variant; = Washingtonia claytonii (Michx.) Britton

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 3

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial of cove and other moist, fertile forests.

Stems: Stems stout, branched above, light green to reddish-green, hairy.

Leaves: Leaves alternate; lower leaves petiolate and upper sessile; widely oval in outline but 2 or 3 times divided into 3 leaflets, the ultimate leaflets pointy-tipped and toothed with hairs on the margins.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in sparse compound umbels at top of stem and from upper leaf axils; white; less than 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 petals with incurved tips, 5 white stamens, and an ovary with a very short, divided style.

Fruits: Fruit a joined pair of narrowly elliptic, 5-ridged, seeds that are slightly bristly along their ribs.

Comments: Unlike O. longistylis, this species is lacking in scent.

Height: 1-3 ft.

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description: Erect perennial of cove and other moist, fertile forests.

stems: Stems stout, branched above, light green to reddish-green, hairy.

leaves: Leaves alternate; lower leaves petiolate and upper sessile; widely oval in outline but 2 or 3 times divided into 3 leaflets, the ultimate leaflets pointy-tipped and toothed with hairs on the margins.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in sparse compound umbels at top of stem and from upper leaf axils; white; less than 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 petals with incurved tips, 5 white stamens, and an ovary with a very short, divided style.

fruits: Fruit a joined pair of narrowly elliptic, 5-ridged, seeds that are slightly bristly along their ribs.

comments: Unlike O. longistylis, this species is lacking in scent.

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