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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Osmorhiza longistylis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Osmorhiza longistylis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Osmorhiza longistylis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-08-002:
Osmorhiza longistylis FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Osmorrhiza longistylis
COMMON NAME:
Aniseroot, Smooth Sweet Cicely, Longstyle Sweet-cicely
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_walo2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090102_085
January Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm090102_092
January Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1563b
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Similar to O. claytonii, but anise-scented & styles much longer than petals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1566
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_o_longistylis_03045
April NC
Larger flowers & more per umbellet, more umbellets per umbel, shorter rays - than O. claytonii, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmolongistylis_wads
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm230525_3445
May Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmolongistylis_swain1
May Swain County NC
Egg-shaped leaflets deeply lobed & toothed. Stem nearly smooth (occ. hairy), per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
COMPARE
Osmorhiza species
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JK Marlow jkm0406h_32
June Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Bald
Roots, stems, leaves and fruits have the scent of anise or licorice, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmolongistyl_flatcreek1
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Osmorhiza longistylis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Osmorhiza longistylis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Osmorhiza longistylis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-08-002:
Osmorhiza longistylis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Osmorrhiza longistylis
995
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist, fertile forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Mountains & Carolina Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p224
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p150
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p167
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p035
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p179
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p215
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p116
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