Sanicula odorata (Rafinesque) K.M. Pryer & L.R. Phillippe. Section: Sanicula. Common name: Clustered Sanicle, Clustered Snakeroot, Yellow-flowered Snakeroot, Fragrant Snakeroot. Phenology: Apr-Jun; Jun-Jul. Habitat: Mesic to dry-mesic nutrient-rich forests. Distribution: NS and QC west to MN and e. SD, south to Panhandle FL and e. TX.
ID notes: A sanicle with distinctly yellow flowers, as opposed to the white or greenish flowers of our other species.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Pryer & Philippe (1989) described in detail the necessary replacement of the name Sanicula gregaria by S. odorata.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, Fl7, FNA13, Il, K4, Mi, Mo2, NcTx, NE, NY, Ok, Pa, Tn, Va, WH3, Pryer & Phillippe (1989); = Sanicula gregaria E.P.Bicknell — C, F, G, GrPl, MC, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tx, W, WV, Bicknell (1897); Triclinium odoratum Rafinesque — (basionym)
Links to other floras: = Sanicula odorata - FNA13
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FAC
- Midwest: FAC
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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Horticultural Information
Intro | Stems | Leaves | Inforescence | Flowers | Fruits | Comments | Height | plant sale text | bloom table text | description | stems | leaves | inflorescence | flowers | fruits | comments | cultural notes | germination code | native range |
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Erect perennial of moist to dry-moist nutrient-rich forests. | Stems occasionally branched, light green to pale reddish, smooth. | Leaves basal and alternate or opposite on the stem; lower leaves petiolate, to 5 in. long, deeply palmately lobed/divided into 5 oblong to elliptic segments that are strongly toothed; middle and upper leaves smaller, mostly sessile, divided into 3 toothed leaflets. | Flowers in spherical, 1/2-in-wide, stalked clusters (compound umbels) at ends of branches, each with 3 perfect flowers and several male (staminate) flowers, all short-stalked. Flowers greenish-yellow, tiny, consisting of 5 petals, 5 sepals, 5 exerted stamens with conspicuous anthers and a bristly ovary with a pair of long, curved styles. | Fruit a round, burlike, cluster of 2 bristly seeds. | 1-2.5 ft. | Erect perennial of moist to dry-moist nutrient-rich forests. | Stems occasionally branched, light green to pale reddish, smooth. | Leaves basal and alternate or opposite on the stem; lower leaves petiolate, to 5 in. long, deeply palmately lobed/divided into 5 oblong to elliptic segments that are strongly toothed; middle and upper leaves smaller, mostly sessile, divided into 3 toothed leaflets. | Flowers in spherical, 1/2-in-wide, stalked clusters (compound umbels) at ends of branches, each with 3 perfect flowers and several male (staminate) flowers, all short-stalked. Flowers greenish-yellow, tiny, consisting of 5 petals, 5 sepals, 5 exerted stamens with conspicuous anthers and a bristly ovary with a pair of long, curved styles. | Fruit a round, burlike, cluster of 2 bristly seeds. |
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