OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanicula trifoliata   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

Sanicula trifoliata

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

Sanicula trifoliata

SYNONYMOUS WITH A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989)

Sanicula trifoliata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-03-005:

Sanicula trifoliata   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

Sanicula trifoliata

 

COMMON NAME:
Beaked Sanicle, Long-fruited Snakeroot, Large-fruited Sanicle, Largefruit Black-snakeroot


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image of Sanicula trifoliata, Beaked Sanicle, Long-fruited Snakeroot, Large-fruited Sanicle, Largefruit Black-snakeroot

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_satr4_001_lvd

        

image of Sanicula trifoliata, Beaked Sanicle, Long-fruited Snakeroot, Large-fruited Sanicle, Largefruit Black-snakeroot

Susan Laurie-Bourque in Pryer & Phillippe (1989)    slb_s_trifoliata_a

        

Polygamous umbellet with sessile mature fruits and pedicellate staminate flowers, per A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989).

image of Sanicula trifoliata, Beaked Sanicle, Long-fruited Snakeroot, Large-fruited Sanicle, Largefruit Black-snakeroot

Susan Laurie-Bourque in Pryer & Phillippe (1989)    slb_s_trifoliata_b

        

Style shorter than sepals; sepals w subulate, incurved tips exceeding uppermost bristles, per A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989).

image of Sanicula trifoliata, Beaked Sanicle, Long-fruited Snakeroot, Large-fruited Sanicle, Largefruit Black-snakeroot

Susan Laurie-Bourque in Pryer & Phillippe (1989)    slb_s_trifoliata_c

        

Bases of fruit bristles dilated and minutely white-patchy, per A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanicula trifoliata   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989)
Sanicula trifoliata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-03-005:
Sanicula trifoliata   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

 

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1317

Forb
Perennial/Biennial?

Habitat: cove forests, other mesic, nutrient-rich forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets (usually)
Alternate & basal

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

Umbellets polygamous (with 4-11 flowers: 3 bisexual and others staminate)

FRUIT:
Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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