Osmorhiza depauperata Phil.

Much like no. 4 [Osmorhiza berterii DC.]; pedicels and rays more widely spreading and stiffly divaricate; fr mostly 10–15 mm, convexly narrowed to the rounded or obtuse to merely acutish summit, the tip not beak-like; stylopodium low-conic to depressed, as wide as or oftener wider than high; 2n=22. Moist woods; Nf. and e. Que. to n. Vt.; Lake Superior reg. of n. Mich., ne. Minn., and s. Ont.; widespread in the w. cordillera; Chile and Argentina. (O. obtusa)

It is a temperate plant. It grows in moist conifer forest bear the timberline in the Rocky Mountains. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 2,500 m above sea level.

The roots and stems are boiled to make a drink. They are used to flavour foods.

Can be grown by seedlings.