poison sanicle

Sanicula bipinnata

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

---

• plant 12–60 cm; stem leafy
• leaf green, compound, ternate then 1–2-pinnate; blade 3–10 cm, ± ovate, leaflets well separated, stalked, margins entire to lobed, distal segment of main axis 1–5 mm wide
• peduncle 1.5–9 cm
• bracts 6–8, 1–2 mm, < heads, linear to lanceolate, entire
• corolla yellow
• scattered

---

Chris’s observations: 6 (4 are research grade)

Locations:

• Almaden Quicksilver CP: 2
• Pleasanton Ridge RP: 2
• Calero CP
• Coyote Valley OSP

Months:

• Mar.: 5
• Apr.: 1

For more details, use advanced search.

---

Not all sites include this taxon:

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora