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Pacific Sanicle
Sanicula crassicaulis
  
About Pacific Sanicle (Sanicula crassicaulis) 6 Nurseries Carry This Plant Sanicula crassicaulis is a species of flowering plant in the parsley family known by the common names Pacific blacksnakeroot and Pacific sanicle. It is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia to Baja California, where it can be found in many types of habitat, including mountain slopes, grassland, and woodlands. It is a perennial herb producing a thick stem up to 1. 2 meters tall from a taproot. The leaves have blades up to 12 centimeters long which are divided into a few deep lobes and edged with small teeth. The inflorescence is made up of one or more heads of bisexual and male-only flowers with tiny, curving, yellow petals. Each head has approximately five leaflike, lance-shaped bracts at its base. The rounded fruits are a few millimeters long, covered in curving prickles, and borne in small clusters.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
3.3 - 6.6 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Yellow

Wildlife Supported
 


 
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1 confirmed , 1 likely * ) SHOW ALL
Agonopterix oregonensis Image
Agonopterix oregonensisAgonopterix oregonensis
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Epermenia californica Image
Epermenia californicaEpermenia californica

Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Shade, Part Shade

Nurseries
Nurseries

Sunset Zones
Sunset Zones?
4, 5, 6*, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17*, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Open slopes, ravines

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 10.0" - 120.5", Summer Precipitation: 0.14" - 3.43", Coldest Month: 37.2" - 56.6", Hottest Month: 57.7" - 80.5", Humidity: 0.01" - 28.95", Elevation: -251" - 5534"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Gamble Weed, Pacific Blacksnakeroot


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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