Sweet Cicely

Description

An erect, perennial plant in the celery family, with fern-like, bright green leaves and umbels of small white flowers in early summer which are followed by spindle shaped, aniseed-scented fruits. All parts of this plant can be eaten. The chopped fresh leaves can be added to salads, soup or omelettes, or they can be used as a zero-caloric replacement for sugar, or they can be steamed and eaten like spinach. The stalks can be used as celery and the roots boiled or eaten raw.