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Sanicula laciniata
Also called Coast Sanicle, Laceleaf Sanicle
Coastal blacksnakeroot is a native perennial wildflower of California and southern Oregon, found on coastal hillsides and in open woodland. It is grown mainly as a native garden plant and is best suited to cool, mild coastal conditions with good drainage.
Sanicula laciniata is a flowering plant species of in the family Apiaceae. Common names include coastal blacksnakeroot, laceleaf sanicle, and coast sanicle.
The species is distributed along the Central and North Coast Ranges of California, extending into southern Oregon. A typical occurrence is on Ring Mountain in Marin County, California, where it occurs in association with the poison sanicle, Pacific sanicle and numerous other forbs.
Sanicula epipactis · Footsteps of spring · Sharptooth blacksnakeroot · Azores Sanicle · Poison sanicle · Purple sanicle · Canadian blacksnakeroot · Pacific blacksnakeroot · Wood sanicle · Northern sanicle · Hoffmann's blacksnakeroot · Maryland sanicle
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sanicula laciniata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
