Apiaceae
Pacific blacksnakeroot
Sanicula crassicaulis
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Sanicula
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Pacific blacksnakeroot
Synonyms
- Aulosolena crassicaulis (Poepp. ex DC.) Koso-Pol.
- Aulosolena menziesii (Hook. & Arn.) Koso-Pol.
- Sanicula crassicaulis var. crassicaulis
- Sanicula crassicaulis var. genuina H.Wolff
- Sanicula crassicaulis var. menziesii H.Wolff
- Sanicula crassicaulis var. nudicaulis (Hook. & Arn.) Kenny & James A.West
- Sanicula crassicaulis var. tripartita (Suksd.) H.Wolff
- Sanicula diversiloba Suksd.
- Sanicula diversiloha Suksd.
- Sanicula menziesii Hook. & Arn.
- Sanicula menziesii var. foliacea Jeps.
- Sanicula menziesii var. nudicaulis (Hook. & Arn.) Jeps.
- Sanicula menziesii var. pedata Jeps.
- Sanicula nudicaulis Hook. & Arn.
- Sanicula tripartita Suksd.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Henrik Kibak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chuck Wilson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rachel Whitt, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aiva Noringseth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.