purple sanicle

Sanicula bipinnatifida

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

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• plant 12–60 cm
• leaf green, simple, 1–2-pinnately dissected, axis of main division with at least a narrow, toothed wing throughout, glaucous, or ± purple; blade 4–19 cm, oblong-ovate to ± round, main divisions generally ≥ 7, generally narrow, sharply toothed
• peduncle 0.5–16 cm
• bracts ± fused at base, 6–8, 2.5 mm, < heads, lanceolate
• corolla purple or yellow
• common

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Chris’s observations: 25 (all are research grade)

Locations:

• Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve: 5
• Henry Coe SP: 5
• Máyyan 'Ooyákma Coyote Ridge OSP: 3
• Calero CP: 2
• Coyote Lake / Harvey Bear Ranch CP: 2
• Almaden Quicksilver CP
• Coyote Valley OSP
• Joseph D. Grant CP
• Pacheco SP
• Pleasanton Ridge RP
• Russian Ridge OSP
• Santa Teresa CP
• Sunol Wilderness RP

Months:

• Feb.: 1
• Mar.: 8
• Apr.: 15
• May: 1

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Not all sites include this taxon:

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora