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:''This article is about the North American herb. For the European herb, see [[Cicely]].
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Sweet Cicely
| image = Osmoriza claytonii.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = ''[[Osmorhiza claytonii]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Apiaceae]]
| genus = '''''Osmorhiza'''''
| genus_authority = [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz|Raf.]] 1819
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Osmorhiza''''' is a genus of [[North America]]n [[perennial plant|perennial]] herbs, known generally as '''Sweet Cicely''' or '''Sweetroot'''. ''Osmorhiza longistylis'' was used by Native Americans to treat digestive disorders and as a wash for wounds.
The [[seeds]] of this plant have barbs on the end allowing them to stick to clothing, fur, or feathers.
==Species==
*''[[Osmorhiza aristata|O. aristata]]''
*''[[Osmorhiza berteroi|O. berteroi]]'' (Tapering Sweetroot, Mountain Sweet Cicely)
*''[[Osmorhiza brachypoda|O. brachypoda]]'' (California Sweet Cicely)
*''[[Osmorhiza claytonii|O. claytonii]]'' (Clayton's Sweetroot, Sweet Cicely)
*''[[Osmorhiza depauperata|O. depauperata]]'' (Bluntseed Sweetroot)
*''[[Osmorhiza glabrata|O. glabrata]]''
*''[[Osmorhiza longistylis|O. longistylis]]'' (American Sweet Cicely, Sweet Cicely, White Cicely, Longstyle Sweetroot, Aniseroot, Licorice Root, or Wild Anise)
*''[[Osmorhiza mexicana|O. mexicana]]'' (Mexican Sweet Cicely)
*''[[Osmorhiza occidentalis|O. occidentalis]]'' (Western Sweetroot)
*''[[Osmorhiza purpurea|O. purpurea]]'' (Purple Sweetroot)
Ref: [http://plants.usda.gov/ USDA PLANTS database]
==External links==
*[http://altnature.com/gallery/Sweet_Cicely.htm ''O. longistylis'']
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[[Category:Apiaceae]]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Flora of Eastern United States]]
