Myrrhis odorata (L) Scop. Sweet Cicely
NOMENCLATURE
Myrrhis : from Greek, myrra (myrrh), from perfume.
odorata : scented.
Cicely : from Greek, seseli. Dioscorides.
OTHER NAMES : British myrrh, sweet chervil, great chervil, smooth cicely, sweet fern,
sweet humlock, sheperd’s needle. Anise, (Dur). Wilanise, annaseed, myrrh, (Cumb).
Cow—weed, sweet cis, (Yks). Myrrh, (Aberdeen). Roman plant, switch, (Lancs). Sweet
bracken, (Lakes). Sweet— thumlick, (Berw) . Sweet withy, (1 o W). Sweets, (N Eng).
Cerfeuil d’Espagne, (France). Mirride odorosa, (Italy). Perifolio, (Spain). Englisher/ Spanischer
kerbie, (Germany). Roomse kervel, (Dutch). Sodskaerm, (Danish).
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
