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Sharptooth Sanicle
Sanicula arguta
  
1 Nurseries Carry This Plant

About Sharptooth Sanicle (Sanicula arguta) 1 Nurseries Carry This Plant Sanicula arguta is a species of flowering plant in the parsley family known by the common names sharptooth sanicle and sharptooth blacksnakeroot. It is native to the coastal hills and mountains of the central coast and southern California and Baja California, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Channel Islands. It grows in many types of local habitat, including California chaparral and woodlands. Sanicula arguta is a perennial herb growing from a thick taproot resembling a turnip. The plant is mostly erect, growing up to half a meter tall. The leaves are up to 10 centimeters long and are divided into several sharp-toothed lobes. The inflorescence is made up of one or more heads of bisexual and male-only flowers with tiny, curving, golden yellow petals. The prickly fruits are about half a centimeter long.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
1.6 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Yellow

Wildlife Supported
 


 
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Agonopterix oregonensis Image
Agonopterix oregonensisAgonopterix oregonensis
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Epermenia californicaEpermenia californica

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Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 5.7" - 34.1", Summer Precipitation: 0.14" - 2.22", Coldest Month: 39.4" - 57.7", Hottest Month: 60.4" - 80.6", Humidity: 0.80" - 28.75", Elevation: -3814" - 6914"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Sharptooth Blacksnakeroot


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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