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{{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]]''
| species = '''''O. claytonii'''''
| binomial = ''Osmorhiza claytonii''
| binomial_authority = ([[André Michaux|Michx.]]) [[C.B. Clarke]]
| synonyms = ''Washingtonia claytonii''
}}
'''Sweet Cicely''' (''Osmorhiza claytonii'') is a [[North America]]n [[perennial plant|perennial]] herb.
The leaves are yellowish green. There are white hairs on the stem and to a lesser extent on the leaves as well. It is turnately branched, having either three leafed branches. When broken it has an [[anise]] like smell or flavor.
The [[seeds]] of this plant have barbs on the end allowing them to stick to clothing, fur, or feathers.
==External links==
* http://www.cincinnatinature.org/plant_pages/sweet%20cicely.htm
[[Category:Apiaceae]]
[[Category:Wildflowers of the Great Smoky Mountains]]