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Photographer: from USDA Plants website
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Family Apiaceae
Sanicula canadensis L.
Canadian black snakeroot, Canadian sanicle
Sanicula: diminutive of the Latin word sanare meaning "to heal"
canadensis: of or referring to Canada
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, biennial, to 4 1/2' tall forb; slender, fibrous roots |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, sepals longer than the petals; inflorescence an irregular, compound umbel with 2-7 flowers per umbellet, female flowers stalked; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | rounded, dry, stalked, hooked bristles almost as long as the sepals, splitting into 2 seeds- fruit: seed: |
| Leaf: | 3-5 parted into palm-like shape; stalks getting shorter toward the top |
| Habitat: | shade; woods |
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