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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Apiaceae
Osmorhiza berteroi DC.
Chilean sweet cicely, tapering sweet-root
Osmorhiza: from the Greek osme, "odor," and rhiza, "root," meaning "odorous root," in reference to the fragrance of the crushed root
berteroi: after Carlo Giuseppe Bertero (1789-1831), an Italian physician
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-32" tall forb; roots thickened |
| Flower: | white to green, 5-parted, mature style shorter than the petals and curving outward; inflorescence a compound umbel with 3-6 stalked, few-flowered, bractless umbellets from the top and sides of the stem |
| Fruit: | dry, slightly flattened and narrowing towards the top with a broad, beak-like tip, splitting into 2 seeds  |
| Leaf: | toothed or lobed, 2 times pinnately-divided; lower leaves stalked, upper stalkless |
| Habitat: | moist; cool forests |
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