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Sanicula odorata
Also called Clustered Black Snakeroot, Cluster Sanicle, Clustered Sanicle, Clustered Snakeroot, Fragrant Snakeroot, Gregarious Snakeroot, Odoriferous Snakeroot
Sanicula odorata, commonly called the clustered blacksnakeroot, is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native and widespread in eastern North America. It grows in nutrient-rich woods, often in mesic forests and bottomlands. It is able to tolerate somewhat degraded habitats, and is not considered a particularly conservative species.
It flowers in the late spring and early summer.
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 odorata 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.
