Sanicula canadensis Linnaeus var. canadensis. Section: Sanicula. Common name: Canada Sanicle, Black Snakeroot. Phenology: Apr-May; Jun-Jul. Habitat: Dry-mesic to mesic forests. Distribution: VT and s. ON west to MN and SD, south to Panhandle FL and e. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, F, G, Il, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, Pryer & Phillippe (1989); = Sanicula canadensis L. — S, S13, Bicknell (1897); < Sanicula canadensis L. — Ar, C, Fl7, MC, Mo2, NcTx, Ok, RAB, Tat, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV; < Sanicula canadensis L. var. canadensis — FNA13, GrPl, K4; Sanicula canadensis L. Basionym: Sanicula canadensis L. 1753
Links to other floras: < Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis - FNA13
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Upright perennial.
Stems: Stems branching only in upper reaches, light-green, smooth.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate (petioles and blades reduced upward), 3/4-2 1/2 in. long, palmately divided into 3-5 narrowly oblong-oval leaflets with sharply toothed margins, smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in compound umbels (to 2 1/2 in. wide) on grooved stalks at stem ends, each umbellet pom-pom-like and consisting of 3 "perfect" flowers and 1-15 male/staminate flowers, all on short stalks; greenish-white, with 5 tiny petals and 5 shorter sepals, and in the perfect flowers, a prominent ovary covered in rows of hooked bristles.
Fruits: Fruit a round, burlike, cluster of 2 bristly seeds, 1/8 in. long.
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Height: 6-48 in.
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description: Upright perennial.
stems: Stems branching only in upper reaches, light-green, smooth.
leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate (petioles and blades reduced upward), 3/4-2 1/2 in. long, palmately divided into 3-5 narrowly oblong-oval leaflets with sharply toothed margins, smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in compound umbels (to 2 1/2 in. wide) on grooved stalks at stem ends, each umbellet pom-pom-like and consisting of 3 "perfect" flowers and 1-15 male/staminate flowers, all on short stalks; greenish-white, with 5 tiny petals and 5 shorter sepals, and in the perfect flowers, a prominent ovary covered in rows of hooked bristles.
fruits: Fruit a round, burlike, cluster of 2 bristly seeds, 1/8 in. long.
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