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Hoffmann's Sanicle (Sanicula hoffmannii)

Photo Credit: Keir Morse

Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Apiaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 129362
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Sanicula hoffmannii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the parsley family known by the common names Hoffmann's blacksnakeroot and Hoffmann's sanicle. It is a perennial herb producing a thick stem up to 90 centimeters tall from a taproot. The green or bluish leaves are compound, the blades each divided into about three lobed, toothed leaflets. The inflorescence is made up of one or more heads of bisexual and male-only flowers with tiny, curving, yellow-green petals. [Calscape]

Where is Hoffmann's Sanicle (Sanicula hoffmannii) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Sanicula hoffmannii habitat includes coastal hillsides and mountain slopes, lower montane coniferous forest. Often found in serpentine soils or clay. often serpentinite or clay. [CNPS]

Distribution:

Sanicula hoffmannii is endemic to California, where it is known from the Channel Islands and a few locations in the coastal mountain ranges of the mainland, including Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties. [CNPS]

States & Provinces:

Hoffmann's Sanicle can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Hoffmann's Sanicle (Sanicula hoffmannii)?

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/13/17

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Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden holds 16 accessions of Sanicula hoffmannii in orthodox seed collection. We are uncertain as to how many total seeds are in this collection.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Sanicula hoffmannii in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 1000 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Sanicula hoffmannii from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 40 maternal plants

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden has collected 16 seed accessions of Sanicula hoffmannii from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants