Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Osmorhiza longistylis (Torr.) DC.

Family: Apiaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Osmorhiza aristata (Thunb.) Makino & Yabe var. longistylis (Torr.) Boivin, Osmorhiza longistylis (Torr.) DC. var. brachycoma Blake, Osmorhiza longistylis (Torr.) DC. var. imbarbat Salamun, Osmorhiza longistylis (Torr.) DC. var. longistylis, Osmorhiza longistylis (Torr.) DC. var. villicaulis Fern., Osmorhiza longistylis DC., Osmorhiza villicaulis (Fern.) Rydb., Osmorrhiza longistylis DC. , Osmorrhiza longistylis Torr., Uraspermum Claytoni Nuttall, Washingtonia longistylis (Torr.) Britton

Common names:

American sweet cicely (1879) (46, )

Aniseroot [Anise root, Anise-root] (1876?-1986) (3, 4, 5, 92, 93, 157, 158)

Carvell (1629, Higgeson) (46)

Chan-pezhuta (1919, Dakota, wood-medicine) (37)

Cicely-root [Cicely-root] (1900-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Kahtstaraha (1919, Pawnee, buffalo medicine) (37)

Long-style sweetroot [Longstyle sweetroot] (1942-Present) (50, 155)

Segede bwens (1932, Chippewa) (105)

Shanga-makan (1919, Omaha-Ponca, horse-medicine) (37)

Sicily root (1876) (92)

Smooth sweet cicely (1923) (156)

Smoother sweet cicely [Smoother sweet-cicely] (1898-1937) (5, 49, 72, 97, 131, 157, 158)

Sweet anise (1896-1929, Sulphur Grove OH, from anise-like odor and taste) (5, 76, 156, 157, 158)

Sweet cecily (1852-1917) (47, 57)

Sweet chervil (1876-1929) (5, 92, 156, 157)

Sweet cicely (1840-1936) (19, 37, 49, 85, 92, 93, 105, 127, 158)

Sweet jarvil (1896-1929, Hartford ME) (5, 76, 156, 157, 158)

Sweet sicily (1876) (92)

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