sweet cicely

genus Osmorhiza

Member of subtribe Scandicinae
carrot family (family Apiaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

Except for historical records that I'm ignoring, there are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.

mountain sweet cicely
Osmorhiza berteroi

mountain sweet cicely
Osmorhiza berteroi

no involucel or vestigial
corolla white or purple (or rarely green-white)
leaf is 2-ternate, but the terminal leaflet may be so strongly divided that the leaf appears to be ternate-pinnate

california sweet cicely
Osmorhiza brachypoda

california sweet cicely
Osmorhiza brachypoda

involucel conspicuous
corolla ± green-yellow
leaf is 2–3-ternate, but the terminal leaflet may be so strongly divided that the leaf appears to be ternate-pinnate

2 observed taxons / 1 key

Chris’s observations: 12 (2 are research grade)

Locations:

Nisene Marks SP: 2
Sam McDonald CP: 2
Stevens Creek CP: 2
Calero CP
Henry Coe SP
Monte Bello OSP
Portola Redwoods SP
Sanborn CP
Sierra Azul OSP

Months:

Mar.: 1
Apr.: 2
May: 4
Jun.: 2
Jul.: 2
Aug.: 0
Sep.: 1

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Not all sites include this taxon:

genus Osmorhiza → iNaturalist – Calflora – Jepson eFlora
not yet listed → FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora