Species

Sanicula bipinnatifida (Purple sanicle)

Sanicula bipinnatifida. Photo: (c) randomtruth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

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…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Apiales (Carrots, ivies, and allies)
        Family: Apiaceae (Carrot family)
        Subfamily: Saniculoideae
        Tribe: Saniculeae
        Genus: Sanicula (Sanicles)
        Species: Sanicula bipinnatifida (Purple sanicle)

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