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Sanicula

not marked as a favorite taxon Sanicula odorata (Rafinesque) K.M. Pryer & L.R. Phillippe. 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.

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Section: Sanicula.

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: Triclinium odoratum Raf. 1817

Links to other floras: = Sanicula odorata - FNA13

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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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image #1 of Sanicula odorata© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Sanicula odorata© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial of moist to dry-moist nutrient-rich forests.

Stems: Stems occasionally branched, light green to pale reddish, smooth.

Leaves: 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.

Inforescence:

Flowers: 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.

Fruits: Fruit a round, burlike, cluster of 2 bristly seeds.

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Height: 1-2.5 ft.

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description: Erect perennial of moist to dry-moist nutrient-rich forests.

stems: Stems occasionally branched, light green to pale reddish, smooth.

leaves: 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.

inflorescence:

flowers: 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.

fruits: Fruit a round, burlike, cluster of 2 bristly seeds.

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