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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanicula odorata   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

Sanicula odorata

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

Sanicula odorata

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

Sanicula odorata

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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sagr6_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_saod_001_lvd

        

image of Sanicula odorata, Clustered Snakeroot, Clustered Sanicle, Yellow-flowered Snakeroot, Fragrant Snakeroot

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

        

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

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

        

Staminate umbellet with staminate flowers attached to swollen, dome-shaped receptacle, per A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989).

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

        

Style conspicuously exserted and recurved and more than twice as long as sepals, per A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989).

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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).

image of Sanicula odorata, Clustered Snakeroot, Clustered Sanicle, Yellow-flowered Snakeroot, Fragrant Snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm120424_500

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

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JK Marlow    jkm120424_563

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

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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).

image of Sanicula odorata, Clustered Snakeroot, Clustered Sanicle, Yellow-flowered Snakeroot, Fragrant Snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm150425_830b

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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JK Marlow    jkm150425_830c

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Sanicula odorata, Clustered Snakeroot, Clustered Sanicle, Yellow-flowered Snakeroot, Fragrant Snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm150425_835

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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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).

image of Sanicula odorata, Clustered Snakeroot, Clustered Sanicle, Yellow-flowered Snakeroot, Fragrant Snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm120517_017

May    Yancey County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Sanicula odorata, Clustered Snakeroot, Clustered Sanicle, Yellow-flowered Snakeroot, Fragrant Snakeroot

JK Marlow    jkm160503_132

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Petals yellowish green, much longer than the calyx, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Sanicula odorata, Clustered Snakeroot, Clustered Sanicle, Yellow-flowered Snakeroot, Fragrant Snakeroot

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).


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image of Sanicula odorata, Clustered Snakeroot, Clustered Sanicle, Yellow-flowered Snakeroot, Fragrant Snakeroot

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 (4/14/23):
Sanicula odorata   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanicula odorata   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

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

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3293

Forb
Perennial

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains & Piedmont, uncommon in Coastal Plain

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

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Bisexual or staminate, usually in the same umbel

Umbellets dimorphic: some polygamous and some staminate only

FRUIT:
Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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