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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
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.
The styles are shorter than or rarely equal to the calyx; sepals on mature fruit somewhat spreading, inconspicuous among the uppermost fruit bristles; fruits have short but distinct pedicels; umbellets polygamous... Learn more from Pryer & Philippe (1989).
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989)
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Susan Laurie-Bourque in Pryer & Phillippe (1989) slb_s_canadensis_can_a
Polygamous umbellet with pedicellate mature fruits and 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_canadensis_can_b
Style shorter than sepals; inconspicuous sepals straight and about equalling 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_canadensis_can_c
Bases of fruit bristles dilated, ridged, and often minutely papillose, per A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989).
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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 jkm250618_1080
June Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0407f_12
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230717_4483
July Greenville County SC
Landrum Watershed
Plant a biennial, from slender, fibrous roots, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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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 (4/14/23):
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989)
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 5 leaflets (usually)
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-white
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Bisexual or staminate, usually in the same umbel
Umbellets polygamous (with 4-6 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 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?
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