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Myrrhis odorata
Sweet cicely · Cow Chervil · Garden myrrh · Myrrh · Sweet chervil
Tier 2 Difficulty: medium Water: low Light: partial_sun
Temperature
5–32 °C
Soil pH
6–7
Hardiness
Zone 4–8
Click count
369
Observations
1,285
Description
Source: leafsnapMyrrhis odorata, with common names cicely (), sweet cicely, myrrh, garden myrrh, and sweet chervil, is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the celery family Apiaceae. It is the only species in the genus Myrrhis.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Partial sun
Ideal: Partial sun
🌡️ Temperature 5–32.2°C
Ideal temperature: 5–32.2°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-7
Soil pH: 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial, Annual
- Genus
- Myrrhis
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 4-8
- Mature Height
- 2.13 m
- Mature Spread
- 1.52 m
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- White
- Flower Size
- 2.54 cm
- Bloom Time
- Late spring, Early summer
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer
- Harvest Time
- Mid summer
- Native Area
- Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovakia, Montenegro, Albania, Croatia, Slovenia, France
Tags (4)
Common Names (11)
en Sweet cicely
en Cow Chervil
en Garden myrrh
en Myrrh
en Sweet chervil
en Anise
en Cicely
en Great Chervil
en Smooth Cicely
en Sweet Bracken
en Cow Parsley