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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sanicula smallii
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Read more about Small's Sanicle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
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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
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm250424_2679
April Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm250424_2681
April Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180506_1958
May Crawford County GA
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JK Marlow jkm210508_0190
May Oconee County SC
Ramsey Creek Preserve
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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.
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0354
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm130718_451
July McDowell County NC
Fruit sessile or subsessile, uncinate-bristled, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm130718_452
July McDowell County NC
Sepals on mature fruit somewhat spreading, immersed in adjacent fruit bristles, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
fruit of Galium, Geum and Sanicula species
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JK Marlow jkm130718_456
July McDowell County NC
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JK Marlow jkm230717_4476
July Greenville County SC
Landrum Watershed
Plant a perennial, from thickened, cordlike roots, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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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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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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p151
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p114
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