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Photographer: from USDA Plants website
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Family Apiaceae
Sanicula trifoliata E.P.Bicknell
beaked sanicle, large-fruited black snakeroot
Sanicula: diminutive of the Latin word sanare meaning "to heal"
trifoliata: three-leaved
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, biennial, to 4 1/2' tall forb; fibrous roots |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, sepals longer than the petals; inflorescence an irregular, compound umbel with 2-7 flowers per umbellet, female flowers stalkless; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | oblong, dry with hooked bristles, splitting into 2 seeds |
| Leaf: | 3-parted into palm-like shape; leaflets coarsely double-toothed and often deeply lobed; stalks getting shorter toward top |
| Habitat: | shade; woods |
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