SWEET CICELY Myrrhis odorata
Sugar-saver. Sweet, anise-scented leaves and stalks (fresh or dried) add delightful flavour to sweets and desserts, saving about half the sugar. Of particular interest to diabetics. Sweet Cicely - also known as Sweet Chervil, Spanish Chervil or British Myrrh - is a beautiful perennial umbellifer with hollow, green stems. It grows to a height of about 30 inches..
The plant has many long-stemmed, downy, and fern-like leaves. They are light green in color, and have a wonderful sweet taste and anise-like flavor. Try to rub the leaves and experience the scent.
Bunches of small, white flowers are arranged in umbels on the top of the foliage. The flowers with their height content of nectar are very attractive to bees. The ripe, flavorful fruits are shiny, brown-black and unusually long for an umbellifer - about 15-25 millimeters. No other umbellifers have such long fruits.
