Latin name: Osmorhiza brachypoda Torrey
  Pronunciation: os-mor-EYE-za brak-ee-PODE-a

  Common name: Sweet-cicely
  Family: Apiaceae (Carrot)
  Habitat: Shaded woods to 5500', southern oak woodland,
  yellow pine forest, San Diego Co. north

  Blooming period: March to May
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Osmorhiza
  2) brachypoda
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