Sanicula smalliiE.P.Bicknell

Small's blacksnakeroot

WFO wfo-0001067988 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sanicula smallii, photographed by Leila Dasher
fig. a Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-18 / obs. 189154594
Sanicula smallii, photographed by John Abrams
fig. b John Abrams, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 79017392
Sanicula smallii, photographed by Elizabeth Altman
fig. c Elizabeth Altman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68132730
Sanicula smallii, photographed by Ashwin Srinivasan
fig. d Ashwin Srinivasan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67706756
Sanicula smallii, photographed by runcator
fig. e runcator, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 40124245
Sanicula smallii, photographed by Laura Clark
fig. f Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 3304289
Sanicula smallii, photographed by Ashwin Srinivasan
fig. g Ashwin Srinivasan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193258488
Sanicula smallii, photographed by Jovian Sackett
fig. h Jovian Sackett, CC0 1.0 / obs. 192649100

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Sanicula smallii is native: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaKentuckyLouisianaMississippiMissouriNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginiaWest Virginia
Native distribution of Sanicula smallii, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arkansas ARK
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Kentucky KTY
Louisiana LOU
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
North Carolina NCA
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Texas TEX
Virginia VRG
West Virginia WVA

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.

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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