Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sanicula canadensis L. [Apiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis

Sanicula canadensis var. grandis Fernald

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
canadian blacksnakeroot	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Caucalis canadensis (L.) Crantz Cl. Umbell. Emend.: 109 (1767).
Sanicula canadensis var. genuina Fernald Rhodora 42: 467 (1940), not validly publ.
Sanicula canadensis var. typica H.Wolff in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 228(Heft 61): 67 (1913), not validly publ.
Sanicula marilandica var. canadensis (L.) Torr. Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 302 (1824).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sanicula canadensis L.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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