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Purple Sanicle

Sanicula bipinnatifida

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Field Notes

Description:

Sanicula bipinnatifida is a species of flowering plant in the parsley family known by the common names purple sanicle, purple blacksnakeroot, and shoe buttons. It is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia to Baja California, where it can be found in many types of habitat, including grassland, woodlands, and mountain slopes of serpentine soils. It is a perennial herb growing to a maximum height near 60 centimeters from a taproot. It is bright green to dark purple in color. The leaves are borne on long petioles, measuring up to 19 centimeters long with blades divided into several toothed lobes. The inflorescence is made up of one or more heads of bisexual and male-only flowers with tiny, curving, reddish, purple, or yellow petals. The prickly fruits are a few millimeters long.
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Habitat:

In grass along hiking trail in the Marin Headlands, CA.

Notes:

Sanicula bipinnatifida, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.
Calflora.org

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Comments (4)

Thank you jprat001: I do not believe it is invasive. This is what Calflora says: Sanicula bipinnatifida, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.
interesting, and its a california native. is it considered invasive?
@Nopayahnah--I am not sure if it is edible. I cannot find anything online stating that it is. I think it is just in the parsley family.
What is this herb used with? I'd never heard of it.

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