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Osmorhiza claytonii

  • Perennial
Home Perennial Osmorhiza claytonii

Woods and wooded slopes.

Family: Apiaceae
Height: 1 m / 4 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 3 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 1 of 5
Other Uses: 1 of 5

Native Habitat

Woolly Sweet-Cicely, Clayton's sweetroot Osmorhiza claytonii native habitat is Woods and wooded slopes.

Edible Uses

Root - cooked and eaten as a vegetable. Used for putting on weight. Leaf stalks - cooked and used as a vegetable. The aromatic roots and unripe seeds are used as anise-like flavourings. Pleasant to chew.

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