OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sanicula canadensis var. floridana   FAMILY Apiaceae   Go to FSUS key



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

 

COMMON NAME:
Florida Sanicle, Florida Snakeroot, Florida Black-snakeroot


 

 

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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-03-003?:
Sanicula canadensis   FAMILY Apiaceae

 

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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

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

 

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