Sanicula tracyi

Tracy's sanicle

Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.2

Tracy's sanicle is a California native perennial found in northern coastal and North Coast Ranges, including Humboldt and Butte Counties, in openings within conifer forest and woodland at elevations of 40 to 1,550 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces small yellow flowers in delicate clusters with distinctive fused bracts. Growing 35 to 60 centimeters tall with a slender taprooted structure, it develops compound ternate leaves that are green to purplish with irregularly toothed leaflets. Its leaves are intricately structured, with blades 2.5 to 3.5 centimeters wide, approximately ovate in shape and featuring serrated margins. The fruit is small, 2 to 3 millimeters wide, with slightly inflated tubercles that are mostly unarmed.

Habitat: Openings in conifer forest, woodland

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: 40-1550 m

Bioregions: NCo (Humboldt Co.), NCoRO, NCoRH, CaRF (Butte Co.).

California counties: Humboldt, Trinity, Sierra, Butte, Tehama

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