General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 1-3 feet
Plant Spread: 1 foot
Leaves: Fragrant
Fruit: Other: Long bristly seeds (schizocarps) that can stick to hair, clothing, or fur
Fruiting Time: Summer
Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Stem
Leaves
Roots
Seeds or Nuts
Flowers
Eating Methods: Tea
Culinary Herb/Spice
Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Stratify seeds: 2 months cold moist treatment
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees

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Common names
  • Clayton's Sweetroot
  • Hairy Sweet-Cicely
  • Woolly Sweet-Cicely
  • Sweet Jarvil
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Osmorhiza claytonii
  • Synonym: Osmorhiza aristata var. brevistylis

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Date: 2008-05-10
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2008-05-10
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2008-05-10
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2008-05-10
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2008-05-10
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2008-05-10
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2008-05-10
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date: 2016-04-29
Two long, very thin seed leaves (pointing to the left) and one ha
Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Dec 7, 2013 3:28 AM concerning plant:
    When crushed or broken, the leaves of this plant have an anise-like smell or flavor.

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