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Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis)
Image ID: 2016/ar128
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Native
Family:
Apiaceae (Parsley)
Height: 1 to 3 ft.
Blooms: June to
September
Leaf Type:
smooth
Bloom Size: 0.125 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Individual flowers,
Regular blooms, 5 parts
Location: Allegheny River Trail
Date: 6/5/2016
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Honewort may be
easily confused with:
- Sweet Cicely
Leaf of honewort is ovoid in three parts. Sweet cicely has a more intricate, fern-like leaf.
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
