Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sanicula trifoliata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanicula trifoliata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-03-005:
Sanicula trifoliata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Long-fruited Snakeroot, Beaked Sanicle, Large-fruited Sanicle, Largefruit Black-snakeroot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_satr4_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sanicula trifoliata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanicula trifoliata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-03-005:
Sanicula trifoliata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
1317
Forb
Perennial/Biennial?
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: cove forests, other mesic, nutrient-rich forests, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets (usually)
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Bisexual or staminate, usually in the same umbel
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Umbels with 3 sessile perfect flowers & 3-5 pedicellate staminate flowers
FRUIT:
Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p426
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p152
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p316
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p113