[The Parsley Family in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Sweet-cicelys of the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Osmorhiza

Mountain Sweet Cicely, Sierran Sweet-cicely, Western Sweet Cicely, Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis (Synonyms: Glycosma ambiguum, Glycosma occidentalis, Osmorhiza ambigua, Osmorhiza ambiguum)

Mountain Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Chilean Sweet-cicely, Common Sweet Cicely, Mountain Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi (Synonyms: Osmorhiza brevipes, Osmorhiza chilensis, Osmorhiza divaricata, Osmorhiza intermedia, Osmorhiza nuda, Osmorhiza nuda var. brevipes, Osmorhiza nuda var. divaricata, Scandix divaricata, Washingtonia brevipes, Washingtonia divaricata, Washingtonia intermedia) - Fruits bristly with slender base tapered gradually to the ray. Flowers whiteish to greenish white. The bse of the style conical, as high as wide.

Mountain Sweet Cicely, Sierran Sweet-cicely, Western Sweet Cicely, Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis (Synonyms: Glycosma ambiguum, Glycosma occidentalis, Osmorhiza ambigua, Osmorhiza ambiguum) - Fruits hairless or with a few hairs with a rounded or blunt base.

Purple Sweet Cicely, Purple Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza purpurea (Synonyms: Osmorhiza chilensis var. purpurea, Osmorhiza leibergii, Washingtonia leibergii, Washingtonia purpurea) - Fruits bristly with slender base tapered gradually to the ray. Flowers whitish to pink or purple. The base of the style is blunt, wider than high.


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