Blooms: May-June
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.

Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia south to California.
Habitat: Uncommon at low to moderate elevations in dry, open areas.

Species Description:

General: Taprooted perennial, the solitary or few branching stems 1-6 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves mostly basal, long-petiolate, the blade 4-13 cm. long and 3-12 cm. wide, pinnatifid or bipinnatifid, with a winged, toothed rachis, the segments also toothed; cauline leaves few and reduced, becoming sessile.
Flowers: Primary umbels few-rayed and irregular, ultimate umbels with about 20 flowers and head-like; involucre of leafy bracts; involucel of lanceolate bractlets less than 4 mm. long; calyx lobes soft, lance-ovate, 1 mm. long; flowers brownish-red to purple.
Fruits: Fruit ovoid to sub-globose, 3-6 mm. long and 2-4 mm. wide, covered with stout, recurved prickles.

Sanicula bipinnatifida Dougl. ex Hook.

Treated in Flora of the PNW as:

PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Sanicula bipinnatifida specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Sanicula bipinnatifida specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.

Washington Flora Checklist: Sanicula bipinnatifida treatment.

E-Flora BC: Sanicula bipinnatifida atlas page.

CalPhotos: Sanicula bipinnatifida images.

USDA Plants Database: Sanicula bipinnatifida.