Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Osmorhiza berteroi is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name mountain sweet cicely. It is native to much of western and northern North America, as well as Argentina and Chile, where it grows in wooded and forested areas. 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 toothed or lobed leaflets. The blade is borne on a long petiole. The flower cluster is a compound umbel of many tiny white flowers at the tip of a stemlike peduncle. The narrow, elongated fruit is ribbed and bristly, measuring up to 2.5 centimeters long.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

2 - 4 ft Tall

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Color

White

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Site type

Woodlands

Plant communities

Lodgepole Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Red Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

2 confirmed and 1 likely

Confirmed Likely

Agonopterix rosaciliella

White Triangle Tortrix

Clepsis persicana

Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes