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Adobe snakeroot

Sanicula maritima

Also called Adobe Sanicle, Salt Marsh Sanicle

Adobe snakeroot
Photo: Alex Heyman, CC0
Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
W. California
Climate
subtropical

About

Sanicula maritima is a rare species of flowering plant in the parsley family known by the common names adobe snakeroot and adobe sanicle.

Where it grows

The plant is endemic to California, where it is known from just a few occurrences on the Central Coast.

Other Sanicula plants

Sanicula epipactis · Footsteps of spring · Sharptooth blacksnakeroot · Azores Sanicle · Poison sanicle · Purple sanicle · Canadian blacksnakeroot · Pacific blacksnakeroot · Wood sanicle · Northern sanicle · Hoffmann's blacksnakeroot · Coastal blacksnakeroot

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sanicula maritima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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