Sanicula smallii E.P. Bicknell. Section: Sanicula. Common name: Southern Sanicle, Small's Sanicle. Phenology: Apr-May; May-Jun. Habitat: Mesic to dry-mesic forests. Distribution: C. VA, sw. VA, s. WV, KY, se. MO, south to Panhandle FL, se. LA, c. LA, and e. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl7, FNA13, G, Il, K4, MC, Mo2, RAB, S, S13, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3. Basionym: Sanicula smallii E.P.Bicknell 1897
Links to other floras: = Sanicula smallii - FNA13
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Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of moist to somewhat moist forests.
Stems: Stems branching in inflorescence, smooth.
Leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, petiolate (uppermost leaves with short, flaring petioles), palmately divided into 3 or 5 leaflets, the segments lance-elliptic with toothed margins and smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in compound umbels at ends of branching stems, each umbellet on a grooved stalk and bristly and pom-pom-like with 3 perfect flowers and 5-6 male (staminate) flowers on short, thick stalks. Flowers white to greenish, tiny, consisting of 5 petals, 5 sepals, 5 protruding stamens and a bristly ovary with a pair of long styles.
Fruits: Fruit an oval, 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 somewhat moist forests.
stems: Stems branching in inflorescence, smooth.
leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, petiolate (uppermost leaves with short, flaring petioles), palmately divided into 3 or 5 leaflets, the segments lance-elliptic with toothed margins and smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in compound umbels at ends of branching stems, each umbellet on a grooved stalk and bristly and pom-pom-like with 3 perfect flowers and 5-6 male (staminate) flowers on short, thick stalks. Flowers white to greenish, tiny, consisting of 5 petals, 5 sepals, 5 protruding stamens and a bristly ovary with a pair of long styles.
fruits: Fruit an oval, burlike, cluster of 2 bristly seeds.
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