See text Osmorhiza is a genus of perennial herbs, known generally as sweet cicely, sweetcicely, or sweetroot.

The fruits of this plant have barbs on the end allowing them to stick to clothing, fur, or feathers.

American Indians used the roots of sweet cicely as a panacea.

It was used as a tonic for upset stomach and to ease childbirth.

Folk medicine list uses of the plant as an expectorant and as a tonic for coughs and for stomachaches.