Sanicula graveolens

Sanicula graveolens
Scientific classification
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.;
Synonyms
	Sanicula nevadensis S. Watson; Sanicula septentrionalis Greene; Sanicula graveolens var. septentrionalis (Greene) H. St. John; Sanicula nevadensis var. septentrionalis (Greene) Mathias;

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

photo by Ben Legler, also featured on Main Page

Taxonomy

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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+

[1] Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=29852#null

[:0-2] 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

[:1-3] 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.

[4] Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=sanicula+

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