Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Myrrhis odorata
Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop..
Engl.: sweet cicely, anise, British myrrh, cow chervil, great chervil, great sweet chervil, shepherd's needle, smooth cicely, smoother cicely, sweet bracken, sweet chervil.
Deu.: Myrrhenkerbel, Süssdolde.
Suom.: saksankirveli.
Sven.: spansk körvel, aniskål, körvel.
Fran.: cerfeuil musqué.
Bot. syn.: Scandix odorata L.
Carrot Family Carminatives.
Henriette's herbal blog: Here come the YACFCs!
Natural sweets.
Henriette's herbal blog: The green seeds of sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata) are perfectly nice candy.
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Photo: Myrrhis odorata 8.
Tops in green seed. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-06-17. Photo: Myrrhis odorata 9.
Green seeds and leaf. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-06-17. Sugared lovage stalks.
Henriette's herbal blog: The lovage was coming up, too, so I tried to candy the stalks.
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Photo: Myrrhis odorata 6.
Plants, dug up. Massive roots, with a strong scent of anise. Annala, Helsinki, Finland Picked. 2004-09-15. Photo: Myrrhis odorata 7.
Plants, dug up. Massive roots, with a strong scent of anise. Annala, Helsinki, Finland Picked. 2004-09-15. Photo: Myrrhis odorata 4.
Flowers. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2002-05-27. Photo: Myrrhis odorata 5.
Flowers. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2002-05-27. Photo: Myrrhis odorata 3.
Flowers. Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2000-05-20. Photo: Myrrhis odorata 2.
Green seed. At this stage they taste of anise sweets. When they've matured to black they have no taste left. Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 1999-07-05. Photo: Myrrhis odorata 1.
Seeds. Bromarv, Finland. Planted. 1997-07-01. Photo: Myrrhis odorata.
Flowers. The American sweet cicely is Osmorhiza spp. Liljendal, Finland. Wild. 1996-06-01. 