Sanicula canadensis

Sanicula canadensis
1913 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Sanicula
Species: S. canadensis
Binomial name
Sanicula canadensis
L.

Sanicula canadensis, the Canadian blacksnakeroot,[2] is a native plant of North America and a member of family Apiaceae. It is biennial or periennial, and spreads primarily by seed.[3] It grows from 1 to 4.5 feet tall, and is found in mesic deciduous woodlands.[3] The whitish-green flowers with sepals longer than petals, appearing late spring or early summer and lasting for approximately three weeks, are green and bur-like.[3][4] The bur-like fruit each split into 2 seeds.[3][4] The species ranges throughout the eastern United States (excluding Maine), extending north into Quebec and Ontario, and west into Texas and Wyoming.

References

  1. Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 624.
  2. "Sanicula canadensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/cn_blsnakeroot.htm
  4. 1 2 http://wisflora.herbarium.wisc.edu/taxa/index.php?taxon=4973

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