pacific sanicle

Sanicula crassicaulis

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

This species has subspecies or variants that don't seem worth distinguishing.

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• plant stout, 24–120 cm, generally branched well distal to base
• leaf green, generally palmate or palmate-ternate; blade 3–12 cm, generally ± rounded-cordate, lobes 3–5, obovate, generally ± deeply cut, margins finely sharp-serrate, teeth generally ± 1 mm, central lobe generally ≥ 10 mm wide at base, distal segment 4–20 mm wide
• peduncle 0.7–8 cm
• bracts ± 5, 1–2 mm, < heads, narrowly lanceolate
• corolla yellow
• very common

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Chris’s observations: 29 (20 are research grade)

Locations:

• Calero CP: 4
• Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve: 4
• Henry Coe SP: 4
• Almaden Quicksilver CP: 2
• Mt. Madonna SP: 2
• Russian Ridge OSP: 2
• Waterdog Lake & Open Space: 2
• Alum Rock Park, San Jose
• Coyote Lake / Harvey Bear Ranch CP
• Coyote Valley OSP
• Fremont Older OSP
• La Honda Creek OSP
• Pleasanton Ridge RP
• Sierra Vista OSP
• Stevens Creek CP
• Wilder Ranch SP

Months:

• Jan.: 1
• Feb.: 0
• Mar.: 12
• Apr.: 8
• May: 5
• Jun.: 1
• Jul.: 2

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Not all sites include this taxon:

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora