Poison Sanicle (Sanicula bipinnata)

4/17/10 Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, 

Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

3/24/19 Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, 

Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA 

3/24/19 Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, 

Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA 

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Poison Sanicle

SPECIES: Saniclua bipinnata

FAMILY: Apiaceae (Carrot Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/17/10

LOCATION: Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Plant 12--60 cm; taproot +- swollen. 

Stem: leafy. 

Leaf: compound, ternate then 1--2-pinnate, green; blade 3--10 cm, +- ovate, leaflets well separated, stalked, margins entire to lobed, distal segment of main axis 1--5 mm wide. 

Inflorescence: peduncle 1.5--9 cm; bracts 6--8, 1--2 mm, < heads, linear to lanceolate, entire; bisexual flower 3--10 per umbel, pedicel 0, staminate 4--6 per umbel, 1--1.5 mm. 

Flower: inconspicuous; calyx lobes fused at base, ovate, acute; corolla yellow; styles 2--3 × calyx lobes. 

Fruit: 2--3 mm wide, ovate to +- round, bulbous-tubercled, each generally with short, hooked prickles. 

Seed: face grooved. 

Ecology: Open grassland or pine/oak woodland; 

Elevation: 20--1000 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: NCoR, s CaR, SNF, ScV, SnFrB, SCoR, n&c SW. 

Toxicity: Possibly TOXIC, but no record of poisonings. 

Flowering Time: Apr--May 

eFlora Treatment Author: Lincoln Constance & Margriet Wetherwax