Common Name: aniseroot, smoother sweet cicelyScientific Name: Osmorhiza longistilis (Torr.) DC. syn. Washingtonia longistylis, Osmorhiza aristata, Myrrhis longistylisFamily Name: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) - Carrot FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed and creeping roots Stemsupright, much branched above, round, thin, smooth and hairless Leavesalternate, pinnately compound three times, long petioled below to sessile above, leaflets oval, toothed or lobed, smooth and hairless, somewhat fern-like Flowers5-petaled, white; umbels, compound, flat-topped, dense