Mountain Sweet Cicely, Sierran Sweet-cicely, Western Sweet-cicely, Western Sweetroot
Osmorhiza occidentalis
Synonyms: Glycosma ambiguum, Glycosma occidentalis, Osmorhiza ambigua, Osmorhiza ambiguum
Mountain sweet cicely blooming in open forest along the ridgeline of Monte Cristo, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......June 18, 2021.
The photo above shows a close-up of one umbellet
of western sweet-cicely as seen atop the ridge dividing the Cougar and Dairy
Creek drainages on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams........June
17, 2006.
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Western sweet-cicely as seen in meadows lining the north
shore of Hellroaring Creek adjacent to the Island Sprngs Trail on the southeastern
side of Mt. Adams..........July 1, 2005.
The photo above shows the largely glabrous
fruit of western sweet-cicely as seen along the Island Springs Trail #66 on
the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams.........August 25, 2005.
The photo above shows the spreading umbel of
western sweet-cicely as seen in meadows lining the north shore of Hellroaring
Creek adjacent to the Island Sprngs Trail on the southeastern side of Mt. Adams........July
1, 2005. Note that the flowers are yellow.
The photo above shows a stem leaf of western
sweet-cicely as seen at about 4100' abreast the ridge that separates the Dairy
and Cougar Creek drainages at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams........June
12, 2005.
Paul Slichter