Sanicula europaeaL.

saniclewood sanicle

WFO wfo-0000435191 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sanicula europaea, photographed by CorentinD
fig. a CorentinD, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-02 / obs. 202906611
Sanicula europaea, photographed by Karen Fry
fig. b Karen Fry, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202258251
Sanicula europaea, photographed by Eugene Popov
fig. c Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201851657
Sanicula europaea, photographed by Eugene Popov
fig. d Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201846618
Sanicula europaea, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. e Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203488451
Sanicula europaea, photographed by Tobias Schönberg
fig. f Tobias Schönberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202261481
Sanicula europaea, photographed by Tobias Schönberg
fig. g Tobias Schönberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202260811
Sanicula europaea, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. h Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201295453

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Native range 44 botanical countries

Regions where Sanicula europaea is native: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Altay, Iran, Kazakhstan, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, West Siberia, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaAltayIranKazakhstanNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeWest SiberiaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyKrymNetherlandsNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSiciliaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Sardegna
Native distribution of Sanicula europaea, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Kazakhstan KAZ
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
West Siberia WSB
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Astrantia diapensia Scop.
  • Caucalis capitata Stokes
  • Caucalis sanicula Crantz
  • Sanicula europaea var. genuina H.Wolff
  • Sanicula officinalis Gouan
  • Sanicula officinarum Neck.
  • Sanicula sylvatica Salisb.
  • Sanicula trilobata Gilib.
  • Sanicula vulgaris Fr.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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