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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Apiaceae
Sanicula marilandica L.
black snakeroot, Maryland sanicle
Sanicula: diminutive of the Latin word sanare meaning "to heal"
marilandica: of Maryland
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, up to 4 1/2' tall forb; fibrous roots |
| Flower: | green to white, 5-parted, sepals mostly as long as the petals; inflorescence an irregular, compound umbel with 12-25 flowers per umbellet, female flowers stalkless; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | oval, dry, with hooked, stout, backward curving bristles, splitting into 2 seeds- fruit: seed: |
| Leaf: | palmately-divided into 5-7 parts, double forward-pointing teeth, stalks getting shorter toward top |
| Habitat: | shade; woods |
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