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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)?

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

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
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

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
  • Seed Collection

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
  • Seed Collection

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

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Nomenclature
Taxon Sanicula hoffmannii
Authority (Munz) Shan & Constance (pro. hybr.)
Family Apiaceae
CPC Number 3806
ITIS 29854
USDA SAHO2
Duration Perennial
Common Names Hoffman Sanicle | Hoffmann's blacksnakeroot | Hoffmann's Snakeroot
Associated Scientific Names Sanicula hoffmannii
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]
State Rank
State State Rank
California S3
Ecological Relationships

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