Common Name: CARROT FAMILY Habit: Annual to perennial herb [shrub, tree], generally from taproot. Stem: generally +- scapose, generally ribbed, hollow. Leaf: basal and generally cauline, generally alternate; stipules generally 0; petiole base generally sheathing stem; blade generally much dissected, occasionally compound. Inflorescence: umbel or head, simple or compound, generally peduncled; bracts present in involucres or 0; bractlets generally present in "involucels". Flower: many, small, generally bisexual (or some staminate), generally radial (or outer bilateral); calyx 0 or lobes 5, small; petals 5, free, generally ovate or spoon-shaped, generally incurved at tips, generally +- ephemeral; stamens 5; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 2-chambered, generally with a +- conic, persistent projection or platform at tip subtending 2 free styles. Fruit: 2 dry, 1-seeded halves (= mericarps), separating from each other but generally +- persistent to central axis; ribs on halves 5, 2 marginal, 3 to back; oil tubes 1--several per interval between ribs. Genera In Family: 300 genera, 3000 species: +- worldwide, especially temperate; many cultivated for food or spice (e.g., Carum, caraway; Daucus; Petroselinum); Bupleurum lancifolium Hornem. is historical garden weed; some toxic (e.g., Conium). Note: Mature fruit generally critical in identification, shape given in outline. Hydrocotyle moved to Araliaceae, Orogenia moved to Lomatium, Sphenosciadium moved to Angelica. Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) A.W. Hill is a waif. eFlora Treatment Author: Lincoln Constance & Margriet Wetherwax, except as noted Scientific Editor: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Common Name: SWEET-CICELY Habit: Perennial herb, +- glabrous to hairy; roots thick, clustered, licorice-scented. Stem: branched, leafy. Leaf: blade oblong to triangular-ovate, 2-pinnate or ternate-pinnate or 2--3-ternate, leaflets lanceolate to round. Inflorescence: umbels compound; bracts 0; bractlets 0--several, conspicuous; rays, pedicels few, spreading-ascending to spreading. Flower: calyx lobes 0; petals obovate, white, purple, or +- green-yellow (+- green-white), tips narrowed; disk occasionally present. Fruit: linear to oblong, cylindric to club-shaped, +- compressed side-to-side, bristly to glabrous; base obtuse or long-tapered into tail, tip tapered into beak or obtuse; ribs thread-like; oil tubes obscure; fruit axis divided in distal 1/2. Seed: face concave or grooved. Etymology: (Greek: sweet root) eFlora Treatment Author: Lincoln Constance & Margriet Wetherwax Reference: [Lowry & Jones 1985 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 71:1128--1171]
Osmorhiza berteroi DC.
NATIVE Habit: Plant 3--12 dm, +- glabrous to finely hairy. Leaf: petiole 5--16 cm; blade 4--20 cm wide, widely ovate to obovate, 2-ternate, leaflets 2--8 cm, widely lanceolate to round, serrate to irregularly cut or lobed. Inflorescence: peduncle 5--25 cm; bractlets generally 0; rays 3--8, 2--12 cm, spreading-ascending; pedicels 4--20 mm. Flower: corolla white; styles generally < 1 mm; ovary tip projection conic; disk 0. Fruit: 12--25 mm, linear-fusiform or -oblong; tail 2--8.5 mm; beak slender; ribs bristly. Chromosomes: 2n=22. Ecology: Conifer forest, woodland, disturbed areas; Elevation: < 2800 m. Bioregional Distribution: CA-FP, MP; Distribution Outside California: to Alaska, Alberta, Colorado; also central and eastern North America, southern South America. Flowering Time: Apr--Jul Synonyms: Osmorhiza chilensis Hook. & Arn. Jepson eFlora Author: Lincoln Constance & Margriet Wetherwax Reference: [Lowry & Jones 1985 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 71:1128--1171] Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Osmorhiza Next taxon: Osmorhiza brachypoda
Citation for this treatment: Lincoln Constance & Margriet Wetherwax 2012, Osmorhiza berteroi, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=35560, accessed on April 16, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 16, 2024.
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