Osmorhiza berteroi

Sweetcicely

Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Sweetcicely is a California native perennial found in the California Floristic Province and North Coast Ranges in conifer forest, woodland, and disturbed areas at elevations up to 2,800 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces delicate white flowers in spreading clusters. Growing with stems 30 to 120 centimeters tall, it has an almost hairless to finely hairy appearance. Its large compound leaves are widely ovate, divided into 2-ternate leaflets that are 2 to 8 centimeters long, with serrated or irregularly cut edges. The fruit is a distinctive linear-fusiform structure 12 to 25 millimeters long with a short tail and bristly ribs.

Habitat: Conifer forest, woodland, disturbed areas

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: < 2800 m

Bioregions: CA-FP, MP

California counties: Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, San Bernardino, Fresno, San Diego, Shasta, Siskiyou, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Tuolumne, Tulare, Santa Clara, Kern, Butte, Plumas, Los Angeles, Alameda, Inyo, Riverside, San Mateo, San Luis Obispo, Sonoma, Nevada, Sierra, Lassen, Placer, Tehama, Mariposa, Contra Costa, Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Marin, Napa, Del Norte, Lake, Colusa, Modoc, Calaveras, Madera, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Amador

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.