2024 Edition • Donate • Get the App • Cite this Page
X

Colors

Data mode

Account

Login
Sign up

Support FSUS...

We've finished our 2024 fundraiser. Many thanks to those who have given! It's not too late to support us (click here)...

Copy permalink to share

Sanicula marilandica Linnaeus. Maryland Sanicle, Black Snakeroot. Phen: May-Jun; Jul-Aug. Hab: Mesic to dry-mesic nutrient-rich forests. Dist: QC and NL (Newfoundland) west to BC, south to Panhandle FL, se. LA, NM, and WA.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: The Coastal Plain populations (designated as var. petiolulata by Fernald) are somewhat disjunct from the main range of distribution, occur in rather different (more acidic) habitats, and warrant additional study. The primary morphological difference indicated by Fernald (1950) is that var. petiolulata has "the leaflets of 1 or 2 lower cauline leaves on petiolules 1.5-5 cm long" (vs. sessile or short-petiolulate).

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Fl7, GrPl, Il, K1, K3, K4, MC, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3, WV, Pryer & Phillippe (1989); = Sanicula marylandica – S, orthographic variant; > Sanicula marilandica L. var. marilandica – F, G; > Sanicula marilandica L. var. petiolulata Fernald – F, G

Show in key(s)

Show parent genus

Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 4

Your browser does not support SVGs

Hover over a shape, letter, icon, or arrow on the map for definition or see the legend.

image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Joey Shaw source | Original Image ⭷

Feedback

See something wrong or missing on about Sanicula marilandica? Let us know here: (Please include your name and email if at all complicated so we can clarify if needed.) We greatly appreciate feedback, and will include updates from you in our next webapp update, which can take a few months.


Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect to leaning perennial of moist to somewhat moist, nutrient-rich forests.

Stems: Stems branched only in the inflorescence, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, petiolate (uppermost leaves nearly sessile), palmately divided into 5-7 lobes or leaflets, the segments oblong-oval with toothed margins, smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in compound umbels at ends of branching stems, each umbellet bristly and pom-pom-like with 3 perfect flowers and many male (staminate) flowers, all sessile to short-stalked. Flowers greenish-white, tiny, and consisting of 5 minute petals, 5 sepals of equal length and protruding stamens with greenish white tips that turn brown with age.

Fruits: Fruit an oval, bur-like, cluster of 2 bristly seeds.

Comments:

Height: 1-4 ft.

plant sale text:

bloom table text:

description: Erect to leaning perennial of moist to somewhat moist, nutrient-rich forests.

stems: Stems branched only in the inflorescence, smooth.

leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, petiolate (uppermost leaves nearly sessile), palmately divided into 5-7 lobes or leaflets, the segments oblong-oval with toothed margins, smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in compound umbels at ends of branching stems, each umbellet bristly and pom-pom-like with 3 perfect flowers and many male (staminate) flowers, all sessile to short-stalked. Flowers greenish-white, tiny, and consisting of 5 minute petals, 5 sepals of equal length and protruding stamens with greenish white tips that turn brown with age.

fruits: Fruit an oval, bur-like, cluster of 2 bristly seeds.

comments:

cultural notes:

germination code:

native range: