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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sanicula smallii   FAMILY Apiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanicula smallii   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sanicula smallii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Sanicula smallii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-03-004:

Sanicula smallii   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sanicula smallii

 

COMMON NAME:
Small's Sanicle, Southern Sanicle, Small's Black-snakeroot


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JK Marlow    jkm100314_007

March    Decatur County    GA

image of Sanicula smallii, Small's Sanicle, Southern Sanicle, Small's Black-snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm090425_028

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm090425_029

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

image of Sanicula smallii, Small's Sanicle, Southern Sanicle, Small's Black-snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm220427_7300

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Leaf segments lance-elliptic to oblanceolate or obovate, serrate-dentate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Sanicula smallii, Small's Sanicle, Southern Sanicle, Small's Black-snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm180506_1958

May    Crawford County    GA

image of Sanicula smallii, Small's Sanicle, Southern Sanicle, Small's Black-snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm210508_0190

May    Oconee County    SC

Ramsey Creek Preserve

image of Sanicula smallii, Small's Sanicle, Southern Sanicle, Small's Black-snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm210508_0190c

May    Oconee County    SC

Ramsey Creek Preserve

Umbellets with 7-9 flowers: 3 perfect & 4-6 staminate, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Sanicula smallii, Small's Sanicle, Southern Sanicle, Small's Black-snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm210508_0193

May    Oconee County    SC

Ramsey Creek Preserve

Leaves thick, somewhat fleshy and dark green, white veins often prominent when fresh, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Sanicula smallii, Small's Sanicle, Southern Sanicle, Small's Black-snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm210516_0354

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Sanicula smallii, Small's Sanicle, Southern Sanicle, Small's Black-snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm210516_0408

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Calyx lobes shorter than bristles, divergent; petals white or greenish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Sanicula smallii, Small's Sanicle, Southern Sanicle, Small's Black-snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm130718_451

July    McDowell County    NC

Fruit sessile or subsessile, uncinate-bristled, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Sanicula smallii, Small's Sanicle, Southern Sanicle, Small's Black-snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm130718_452

July    McDowell County    NC

Sepals on mature fruit somewhat spreading, immersed in adjacent fruit bristles, per Weakley's Flora.


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image of Sanicula smallii, Small's Sanicle, Southern Sanicle, Small's Black-snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm130718_456

July    McDowell County    NC

image of Sanicula smallii, Small's Sanicle, Southern Sanicle, Small's Black-snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm230717_4476

July    Greenville County    SC

Landrum Watershed

Plant a perennial, from thickened, cordlike roots, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Sanicula smallii, Small's Sanicle, Southern Sanicle, Small's Black-snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm210903_3285

September    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sanicula smallii   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanicula smallii   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sanicula smallii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sanicula smallii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-03-004:
Sanicula smallii   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sanicula smallii

 

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1316

Forb
Perennial/Biennial?

Habitat: Mesic to dry-mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 5 leaflets (usually)
Alternate & basal

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-white
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Bisexual or staminate, usually in the same umbel

Umbellets polygamous (with 7-9 flowers: 3 bisexual & others staminate)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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