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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Sanicula at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-03-003:
Sanicula canadensis FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sanicula canadensis
COMMON NAME:
Canada Sanicle, Black Snakeroot, Canadian Black-snakeroot
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9186
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm060506_005
May Oconee County SC
Clemson Forest
Umbellets with 4-6 flowers: 3 perfect, 1-3 staminate, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0407f_12
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120829_114
August Greenville County SC
Leaves thin, light green, segments of basal and lower cauline leaves usually 5, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s050911_a
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Steve Marlow snm090112_012
September Greenville County SC
Fruit pedicellate, bristles in indistinct rows w swollen bases [& hooked tips], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
Canada Sanicle and Pale Avens
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-03-003:
Sanicula canadensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sanicula canadensis
1315
Forb
Biennial
Habitat: Dry-mesic to mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 5 leaflets (usually)
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Spring
White/ Greenish
Bisexual or staminate, usually in the same umbel
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Umbellets with 4-6 flowers: 3 perfect, 1-3 staminate
FRUIT:
Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p426
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p316
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p037
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p114
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p132?