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NAME: Sweet Cicely

SPECIES / FAMILY:  Osmorhiza Claytonii / Apiaceae or Umbelliferae

OTHER COMMON NAME(S):  Clayton's Sweetroot, Wooly Sweet Cicely

CONDITIONS: shade
 

PARTS:	EDIBLE	TASTE	RAW/COOK	SEASON
All
Shoots
Leaves		licorice	COOK
Buds/Flowers
Fruits
Roots		licorice	COOK
Seeds		licorice	RAW/COOK
Nuts
Pods
Stalk/Stem
Bark

 

PORTION: small-medium

 

COMMENT/:  Edible Parts: Leaves;  Root;  Seed. Edible Uses: Condiment. Root - cooked and eaten as a vegetable. Leaf stalks - cooked and used as a vegetable. The aromatic roots and unripe seeds are used as anise-like flavourings. Pleasant to chew.(1)

 

CAUTION:

 

NUTRITION/MEDICINAL:  “Ophthalmic;  Poultice. The root has been chewed or gargled as a treatment for sore throats. A poultice of the moistened pulverized roots has been applied to boils, cuts, sores etc whilst a tea made from the roots has been used to bathe sore eyes.” Root used for putting on weight. (1)

 

LOOK-A-LIKES:  Aniseroot, Bishop’s goutweed, Eastern Waterleaf

 

POISONOUS LOOK-A-LIKES: 

 

OTHER USES:

 

SOURCE LINKS (may include nutritional and medicinal info, plus other uses):

1. https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Osmorhiza+claytonii
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmorhiza_claytonii 
3. https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/sweet-cicely
4. https://harvesttotable.com/how-to-grow-sweet-cicely
5. https://www.wildfooduk.com/edible-wild-plants/sweet-cicely
6. https://altnature.com/gallery/sweetcicely.htm
7. http://www.jeffpippen.com/plants/osmorhiza.htm 
8. https://www.foragersfolly.co.uk/sweet-cicely-identification-uses
9. https://growchiswick.org/recipes/the-many-virtues-of-sweet-cicely
10. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=osmorhiza+claytonii&fulltext=1&profile=default  (good photos)