Plants : ApiaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop.

Sweet Cicely

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Myrrhis odorata

Description: This is a very attractive umbellifer with creamy-white flowers and long, shiny narrow fruits. The leaves are fern-like. The whole plant smells strongly of aniseed.

It is not native, and is most frequently encountered on roadsides close to habitations.

All names: Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop.

Distribution Map from NBN: Myrrhis odorata at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Myrrhis odorata at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Myrrhis odorata. (L.) Scop.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3645. Accessed on 2026-11-02.