Sweet cicely
Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 2.0 m
- wide
- 99 cm
Apiaceae
Also called Anise, Cicely, Garden Myrrh, Sweet Cicely
Formerly Chaerophyllum odoratum, Lindera odorata, Myrrhis brevipedunculata, Myrrhis iberica, and 3 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. Europe to W. Balkan Pen.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 2.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 99 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, creamRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Czech
- čechřice vonná
- Russian
- Миррис душистая, Кервель душистый, Кервель испанский
- French
- Cerfeuil musqué, Cerfeuil anisé, Cerfeuil d'Espagne
- Danish
- Sødskærm
- Norwegian Bokmål
- spansk kjørvel, Spansk Kjørvel
- Finnish
- saksankirveli
- German
- Süßdolde, Echte Süßdolde, Myrrhenkerbel
- Swedish
- spansk körvel, Spansk Körvel
- Lithuanian
- Kvapioji garduoklė, Garduoklė
- Chinese
- 茉莉芹, 歐洲沒藥, 甜没藥
- Chinese (China)
- 茉莉芹, 欧洲没药, 甜没药
- Dutch
- Roomse kervel, roomse kervel
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Myrrhis odorata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.