Sanicula maritima

Adobe sanicle

Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1

Adobe sanicle is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native perennial found in the central Coast ranges of Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties, historically present in the San Francisco Bay Area, in coastal grassy wet meadows and ravines at elevations around 150 meters. Flowering from April to May, this plant produces delicate yellow flowers in small clustered heads. Growing with erect stems 8 to 40 centimeters tall and a robust taproot, it forms compact clumps in moist environments. Its leaves are simple and variable, typically 3 to 8 centimeters long, ranging from ovate-cordate to obovate with occasional shallow lobes, presenting a soft green appearance. The fruit develops as a small 5-millimeter structure covered with stout, curved prickles that are distinctively bulbous at the tips.

Habitat: Coastal, grassy, open wet meadows, ravines

Bloom period: Apr-May

Elevation: +- 150 m.

Bioregions: CCo (Monterey, San Luis Obispo cos.), SnFrB (apparently extirpated).

California counties: Del Norte, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Alameda

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.