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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Apiaceae
Sanicula gregaria E.P.Bicknell
clustered black snakeroot
Sanicula: diminutive of the Latin word sanare meaning "to heal"
gregaria: herding together
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-3' tall forb; fibrous roots |
| Flower: | green to yellow, 5-parted; inflorescence an irregular, compound umbel with 12-25 flowers per umbellet, female flowers stalked; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | dry, rounded, hooked bristles weak and very small, splitting into 2 seeds- fruit: seed: |
| Leaf: | 3-5 parted into a palm-like shape with sharp, sometimes deep teeth; stalks getting shorter toward top |
| Habitat: | shade; dry; woods |
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