Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sanicula odorata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanicula odorata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-03-001:
Sanicula gregaria FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sanicula gregaria
COMMON NAME:
Clustered Snakeroot, Clustered Sanicle, Yellow-flowered Snakeroot, Fragrant Snakeroot
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JK Marlow jkm120421_195
April Hendersonvlle County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Some umbellets contain perfect and staminate flowers, others only staminate, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
JK Marlow jkm150425_824
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Yellow petals (vs. white or greenish) separate it from other Sanicula, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm120517_012
May Yancey County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Lvs irregularly or doubly serrate. Basal & lower stem lvs usually w 5 segments, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm160503_132
May Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Petals yellowish green, much longer than the calyx, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
JK Marlow jkm170510_811
May Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Staminate pedicels 1.5-3mm long. Calyx lobes deltoid, apices not sharp, per A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989).
COMPARE
fruit of Galium, Geum and Sanicula species
JK Marlow jkm170510_815
May Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Fruits globose to obovoid, with short but distinct pedicels, per A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sanicula odorata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanicula odorata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-03-001:
Sanicula gregaria
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sanicula gregaria