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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sanicula canadensis var. floridana
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Read more about Sanicula at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Additional differences between var. floridana and var. canadensis should be investigated. They may not be worthy of taxonomic differentiation, per Weakley's Flora (2023)
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
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. floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sanicula floridana
COMMON NAME:
Florida Sanicle, Florida Snakeroot, Florida Black-snakeroot
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sanicula canadensis var. floridana
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
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. floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sanicula floridana
2811
Forb
Biennial
Habitat: Dry-mesic to mesic, sandy forests, often associated with Fagus grandifolia (and southward Magnolia grandiflora), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
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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
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