rock sanicle

Sanicula saxatilis

Member of sanicles (genus Sanicula)
carrot family (family Apiaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• plant 10–25 cm, stout
• leaf ± purple or glaucous [or green], compound, ternate then 1–2-pinnate; blade 3–9 cm, triangular, leaflets stalked, margins finely serrate, distal segment of main axis 1–5 mm wide
• peduncle 0.5–4 cm
• bracts fused at base, 3–5, < heads, widely lanceolate, entire or 3-lobed
• corolla pale red-orange or ± yellow
• Sierra Azul, Henry Coe, Mt. Diablo

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Chris’s observations: none

Not all sites include this taxon:

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora