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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sanicula trifoliata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Read more about Sanicula trifoliata at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Sepals on mature fruit convergent, forming a prominent beak-like projection equalling or exceeding the uppermost fruit bristles; fruits ellipsoidal, sessile; umbellets polygamous... Learn more from Pryer & Philippe (1989).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanicula trifoliata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sanicula trifoliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sanicula trifoliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989)
Sanicula trifoliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-03-005:
Sanicula trifoliata FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sanicula trifoliata
COMMON NAME:
Beaked Sanicle, Long-fruited Snakeroot, 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
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Susan Laurie-Bourque in Pryer & Phillippe (1989) slb_s_trifoliata_a
Polygamous umbellet with sessile mature fruits and pedicellate staminate flowers, per A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989).
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Susan Laurie-Bourque in Pryer & Phillippe (1989) slb_s_trifoliata_b
Style shorter than sepals; sepals w subulate, incurved tips exceeding uppermost bristles, per A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989).
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Susan Laurie-Bourque in Pryer & Phillippe (1989) slb_s_trifoliata_c
Bases of fruit bristles dilated and minutely white-patchy, per A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sanicula trifoliata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanicula trifoliata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sanicula trifoliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sanicula trifoliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989)
Sanicula trifoliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-03-005:
Sanicula trifoliata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sanicula trifoliata
1317
Forb
Perennial/Biennial?
Habitat: cove forests, other mesic, nutrient-rich forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets (usually)
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-white
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Bisexual or staminate, usually in the same umbel
Umbellets polygamous (with 4-11 flowers: 3 bisexual and others 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 of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p152
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p316
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p113
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