sanicles

genus Sanicula

Except for extremely rare examples that I don't expect to encounter, there are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.

Key features:

compound leaves

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

plant 5–80 cm, slender
leaf green, compound, ternate then 1–2-pinnate, glaucous, or ± purple; blade 2–13 cm, triangular to ovate, leaflets entire to deeply pinnately lobed, distal segment of main axis 1–5 mm wide
peduncles 0.5–8.5 cm
bracts fused, 6–10, 1–3 mm, < heads, oblong to lanceolate
corolla yellow
scattered

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

plant 30–90 cm, stout
leaf ± blue-green [or green], generally compound, palmate; blade 4.5–13.5 cm, triangular, leaflets or deepest lobes 3, obovate, ± cut, margins irregularly serrate, central leaflet generally 4–7 cm, 4–30 mm wide, narrowed to a petiole-like base
peduncle 1.5–12 cm
bracts 5–7, 3–5 mm, < heads, lanceolate
corolla ± green-yellow [CalPhotos shows something like purple-green]
Butano, Big Basin

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

plant 5–30 cm, slender, generally branched near base
leaf green, simple, palmately or ± ternately lobed, main divisions 3–5, generally not deeply cut, leaf margins sharply toothed, axis of main division with at least a narrow, toothed wing throughout; blade 1.5–4 cm, ovate to round, lobes 0–5, margins sharply angled, teeth generally ± 2 mm, central lobe generally > 10 mm wide at base
peduncle 1.5–8 cm
bracts ± 10, < heads, lanceolate to ovate
corolla yellow
scattered in Santa Cruz range from Monte Bello north; Chabot and Redwood Regional

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

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

plant 8–40 cm
leaf green at flower, simple, entire to ± pinnately lobed or dissected, axis of main division with at least a narrow, toothed wing throughout; some basal leaves entire; blade 3–8 cm, ovate-cordate to obovate, lobes or segments 0, 3, or 5, obtuse, entire to ± toothed
peduncle 1.5–12 cm
bracts ± 10, 1–4 mm, < heads, lanceolate, acute
corolla yellow
possibly Oakland hills

5 observed taxons / 4 unobserved taxons / 1 key

Chris’s observations: 67 (53 are research grade)

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Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora