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Woodland herb, about 2-3 ft tall with clusters of small
white flowers, and fern-like leaves. Fruits (bottom, right) are thin
pods, turning blackish, that stick to clothes. Stem is
smooth. Blooms in mid-spring in the wooded areas, especially on
the west slope.
Sweet Cicely (O. claytonii) occurs in southwest
Virginia and might be found in the Park. It is very similar, but
has hairy stems and other more technical differences. Bishop's goutweed (Aegopodium
podagraria) has somewhat similar leaves but looser flower
clusters, and it blooms in early summer, after aniseroot has all gone
to fruit.
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