footsteps of spring

Sanicula arctopoides

Member of sanicles (genus Sanicula)
carrot family (family Apiaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
yellow in flowering plants

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• plant prostrate, 10–30 cm wide
• leaf simple, ± palmately or ternately dissected, bright ± yellow-green at flower; blade 2–6.5 cm, triangular-ovate to round, lobes coarsely toothed to lobed
• peduncle 3–21 cm
• bracts yellow [yellow-green], fused at base, 8–17, 5–18 mm, ≫ heads, oblanceolate, entire or 3-lobed
• corolla yellow
• scattered on pacific coast, Oakland hills, Pleasanton Ridge

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Chris’s observations: 3 (all are research grade)

Locations:

• Sweeney Ridge National Recreation Area: 3

Months:

• Mar.: 2
• Apr.: 1

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Not all sites include this taxon:

• Sanicula arctopoides → iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora
• not yet listed → FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora