Inconnu - Inadequate information on toxicity found.
Source: Soug McGrady
Plant Names
Osmorhiza longistylis
Smooth Sweet Cicely
Osmorhize à long style
Synonyms
anise-root
long-style sweet cicely
long-style sweetroot
Plant Characteristics
Couleur de floraison: Blanc
Bloom Period: May - Jun
Hauteur max: 3,0 feet
Max Width: 2,0 feet (spreads by rhizome)
Light Condition:
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Soil conditions:
Tolerates medium soil condition
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Tolerates medium soil condition
Lifespan:
Vivace
des plantes qui reviennent année après année
Gardener Experience:
Ne se propage pas de manière incontrôlable
Spreads by rhizome
Self-seeding
Ne se propage pas de manière incontrôlable
Spreads by rhizome
Self-seeding
Landscape Uses:
No landscape information available.
Ecological Benefits:
No ecological benefits information available.
Tolerates:
Deer resistant
Rabbit resistant
Tolerates transplantation
Deer resistant
Rabbit resistant
Tolerates transplantation
Special Features and Considerations:
This plant produces burs
This plant produces burs
Seed and plant distribution status
No seeds available for this plant.
Nous acceptions les semences de cette plante
Faits intéressants
Smooth Sweet Cicely has fern-like foliage and delicate white flowers in spring. It thrives in rich, moist soils under deciduous trees. A gentle woodland plant that slowly forms colonies. It’s an excellent choice under trees.
Plant Location
Native to Ottawa region: Oui
Distribution according to VASCAN
Ephemeral
Native
Introduced
Excluded
Extirpated
Doubtful
Absent
Canadensis
Thrives in Ecozones
- Maritime de l'Atlantique
- Plaines boréales
- Cordillière montagnarde
- Bouclier boréal
- Plaines à forêts mixtes
Ecological Benefits
Butterflies Supported by Osmorhiza longistylis
No butterfly data available for this plant.
Specialized Bees Supported by Osmorhiza longistylis
No bee data available for this plant.
Complementary Plants
- Aquilegia canadensis
Red Columbine
Ancolie du Canada - Cryptotaenia canadensis
Canada Honewort
Cryptoténie du Canada - Elymus hystrix
Bottlebrush Grass
Élyme étalé - Geranium maculatum
Spotted Geranium
Géranium maculé - Thalictrum pubescens
Tall Meadow-rue
Pigamon pubescent
Substitute For Non-Native Plants
- Sorbaria sorbifolia (False spirea)
- Hydrangea (Hydrangea)
- Aegopodium podagraria (Goutweed)
Sowing Information
Download Seed Envelope Labels (PDF)
- Sowing depth: Surface sow
- Sow by February
- Stratification duration: 60 days
- Self-seeding
Harvesting and Seed Sharing
- Harvest start month: July
- Harvesting indicator:
- Seeds easily fall off when you gently pull them off
- Harvesting:
- Utiliser la main pour détacher de la tige principale
- Seed viability test:
- Pas de test requis avant le don
- Packaging measure: 1 rounded 1/8 teaspoon
- Seed storage:
- Sécher à l'air dans un sac en papier ou contenant ouvert, pour quelques jours jusqu'à sec
- Secouer de temps à autre pour prévenir la moisissure
- Cultivar: No, you can donate without knowing the source as there are only straight species
- No harvesting video available at this time.
Toxicity Notes
Inadequate information on toxicity found.