Difference between revisions of "Sanicula graveolens"
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* Previous Names/Misapplications: ''Sanicula septentrionalis, S. nevadensis, S. graveolens var. septentrionalis'' | * Previous Names/Misapplications: ''Sanicula septentrionalis, S. nevadensis, S. graveolens var. septentrionalis'' | ||
* Codon: SANGRA | * Codon: SANGRA | ||
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[[File:SAGR BenLegler veg good.jpg|thumb|photo by Ben Legler, also featured on Main Page]] | [[File:SAGR BenLegler veg good.jpg|thumb|photo by Ben Legler, also featured on Main Page]] | ||
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<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=29852#null</ref> | <ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=29852#null</ref> | ||
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Taprooted perennial. | Taprooted perennial. | ||
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Seattle: University of Washington Press.</ref> | Seattle: University of Washington Press.</ref> | ||
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May-July<ref name=":0" /> | May-July<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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Victoria Island and southern BC south, both sides of the Cascades, to southern California, east to western Montana and northwestern Wyoming.<ref name=":1" /> | Victoria Island and southern BC south, both sides of the Cascades, to southern California, east to western Montana and northwestern Wyoming.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
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Open slopes and flatlands, low to middle elevations.<ref name=":1" /> | Open slopes and flatlands, low to middle elevations.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
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There are many accounts of other ''Sanicula'' species used for both food and medicine.<ref>Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from <nowiki>http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=sanicula+</nowiki></ref> | There are many accounts of other ''Sanicula'' species used for both food and medicine.<ref>Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from <nowiki>http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=sanicula+</nowiki></ref> | ||
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File:SANGRA3.jpg|photo by Ben Legler | File:SANGRA3.jpg|photo by Ben Legler | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:42, 20 March 2021
- Scientific Name: Sanicula graveolens
- Family: Apiaceae
- Common Names: Sierra sanicle, northern sanicle
- Previous Names/Misapplications: Sanicula septentrionalis, S. nevadensis, S. graveolens var. septentrionalis
- Codon: SANGRA
Contents
Taxonomy
| Scientific classification | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Subkingdom: | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum: | Tracheophyta |
| Subphylum: | Spermatophytina |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: | Asteranae |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Sanicula L. |
| Species: | Sanicula graveolens Poepp. ex DC. |
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Description
Taprooted perennial.
The lowermost leaves often attached at or below the ground surface, ternate-pinnate, primary divisions are generally pinnatifid, the primary divisions separated from the other segments by an entire (not toothed) rachis. Upper cauline leaves less well developed and smaller.
Inflorescences are umbels made up of yellow flowers, staminate flowers more numerous than bisexual flowers. Terminal umbels are head-like, flowers nearly cessile, and umbels subtended by pointed bracts. Calyx connate at base, calyx teeth ovate and pointed.
Fruit is ovioid-globose, with uncinate prickles. [2][3]
Bloom Period
May-July[2]
Distribution
Victoria Island and southern BC south, both sides of the Cascades, to southern California, east to western Montana and northwestern Wyoming.[3]
Habitat
Open slopes and flatlands, low to middle elevations.[3]
Uses
There are many accounts of other Sanicula species used for both food and medicine.[4]
Photo Gallery
photo by Ben Legler
photo by Ben Legler
seedling, courtesy CNLM
young growth, courtesy CNLM
References
- ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=29852#null
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Sanicula%20graveolens
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
- ↑ Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=sanicula+
