Myrrhis odorata

Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop. Engl.: sweet cicely, anise, British myrrh, cow chervil, great chervil, great sweet chervil, shepherd's needle, smooth cicely, smoother cicely, sweet bracken, sweet chervil. Deu.: Myrrhenkerbel, Süssdolde. Suom.: saksankirveli. Sven.: spansk körvel, aniskål, körvel. Fran.: cerfeuil musqué. Bot. syn.: Scandix odorata L.

Myrrhis odorata.

Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.

Spansk körvel.

Gamla texter: Kryddor och kryddodling, 1919.

37. Spansk körvel.

37. Spansk Körvel.Gamla texter: Våra Medicinalväxter, 1940.

2.37 Sweet Cicely

Culinary herbfaq: single herbs.

Natural sweets.

Henriette's herbal blog: The green seeds of sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata) are perfectly nice candy.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 8.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 8. Tops in green seed. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-06-17.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 9.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 9. Green seeds and leaf. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-06-17.

Sugared lovage stalks.

Henriette's herbal blog: The lovage was coming up, too, so I tried to candy the stalks.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 7.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 7. Plants, dug up. Massive roots, with a strong scent of anise. Annala, Helsinki, Finland Picked. 2004-09-15.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 6.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 6. Plants, dug up. Massive roots, with a strong scent of anise. Annala, Helsinki, Finland Picked. 2004-09-15.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 4.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 4. Flowers. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2002-05-27.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 5.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 5. Flowers. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2002-05-27.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 3.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 3. Flowers. Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2000-05-20.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 2.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 2. Green seed. At this stage they taste of anise sweets. When they've matured to black they have no taste left. Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 1999-07-05.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 1.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata 1. Seeds. Bromarv, Finland. Planted. 1997-07-01.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata.

Photo: Myrrhis odorata. Flowers. The American sweet cicely is Osmorhiza spp. Liljendal, Finland. Wild. 1996-06-01.