Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Osmorhiza berteroi |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Apiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | umbel; umbelwort; umbelworts; carrot; parsley; biscuitroot |
| Genus common name(s) | sweet-cicely; sweet cicely; sweetcicely |
| Species common name(s) | Bertero's osmorhiza; Bertero osmorhiza; mountain sweet-cicely; mountain sweet cicely; mountain sweet-root; mountain sweetroo; mountain sweet-anise; mountain sweetanise; Chilean sweet-cicely; Chilean sweet cicely; Chilean sweet cicely; Chile sweet-cicely; Chile sweet cicely; Chile sweetroot; tapering sweet-cicely; tapering sweet cicely; tapering sweetcicely; tapering sweet-root; tapering sweetroot; wood sweet-cicely; wood sweet cicely; wood cicely |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | western sweet-cicely, western sweet cicely, western sweetcicely, western sweetroot, western sweet-root are more commonly applied to Osmorhiza occidentalis; wild sweet anise, wild sweetanise, sweetanise, spreading sweet-cicely, spreading sweet cicely, spreading sweet-root, spreading sweetroot are applied to multiple Osmorhiza taxa; sweetroot, sweet-root, sweet root are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Chile, Chilean are proper names, so upper case preferable; chili is probably an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Osmorhiza chilensis Hook. & Arn. |
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