Mammoth Cave Area Flora
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Sweet cicely
(Osmorhiza longistylis)

Leaves may be confused for ferns before flowers appear. Easily distinguished from O. claytonii by it's smooth, dark stem and by styles that clearly extend beyond the flower petals. MC (Apiaceae)
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