Osmorhiza chilensis Hook. & Arn.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Osmorhiza

Characteristics

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 80 cm tall. The leaves have leaflets along the sides and these are divided and have teeth along the edge.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.78
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 2,500 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zone 6.
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Deciduous Nothofagus forests and moist shaded cliffs to 200 metres in S. Chile north to latitude 31°s.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-7

Usage

The root is eaten raw or cooked. The leaves are eaten raw or cooked.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves roots
Therapeutic use Cold (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Pneumonia (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Throat (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Osmorhiza chilensis unspecified picture

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:845543-1
WFO ID wfo-0001067933
COL ID 75B4P
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Uraspermum barbatum Uraspermum brevipes Uraspermum divaricatum Scandix nuda Scandix divaricata Osmorhiza chilensis Osmorhiza nuda Uraspermum nudum Myrrhis nuda Osmorhiza intermedia Osmorhiza divaricata Washingtonia leibergii Washingtonia purpurea Scandix chilensis Chaerophyllum chilense Calappa elegantina Osmorhiza chilensis var. chilensis Washingtonia longistylis var. villicaulis

Lower taxons

Osmorhiza chilensis var. purpurea Osmorhiza chilensis var. cupressimontana