Mountain sweet cicely

Description

Osmorhiza berteroi is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name mountain sweet cicely. It is an aromatic perennial herb producing a branching stem which may exceed a meter tall. The plentiful green leaves have blades up to 20 centimeters long which are divided into three leaflets (trifoliate), which are toothed or lobed. The blade is borne on a long petiole. The inflorescence is a compound umbel of many tiny white flowers at the tip of a stemlike peduncle. There are 4-10 florets on each umbellule with the central florets only possessing anthers.The narrow, elongated fruit is ribbed and bristly, measuring up to 2.5 centimeters long.