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Pacific Sanicle (Sanicula crassicaulis)
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Flower
Yellow
5 Petals
Petals Not Obvious
Alternate
Basal
Typical Height
Perennial
Native
Description
Height 1 - 5 ft.
EW Bloom Mar - May
Look for distinctive mitten-shaped leaves, up to 5" across.
Yellow flowers are bunched in compact clusters.
The stem is non-woody (herbaceous), and thicker than usual.
Found along the California coast and western Sierra foothills.
CA native
AKA Gamble Weed, Pacific Blacksnakeroot
Carrot Family (Apiaceae)
Pacific Sanicula has distinctive leaves, with toothed
lobes
radiating from a single point.
Tiny yellow flowers are gathered tightly in round-topped
heads
.
Crassicaulis is Latin for thick stemmed. Each year, a new stem grows out of a taproot that lives many years.
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Pacific Sanicle has big, coarse-textured leaves. A thick stem supports many tiny yellow flowers.
The inset shows a large (4" across) leaf near the ground. Notice how the leaves get smaller and more linear as you go up the plant. The stem is no ...
Spherical flower [[heads]] hold perhaps a dozen tiny yellow flowers. These heads are connected to a stalk that joins other stalks at a common poi ...
Pacific Sanicle fruits are easy to notice - they'll appear on your socks.
Fruits are round, and have stout hooked prickles that catch on passing animals.