%20O%27Neill%20Regional%20Park,%20Trabuco%20Cyn,%20Orange%20C.,%20CA%202-28-09%20027.jpg) Stem erect, branching above. Flower heads in umbels with five lance-shaped bracts at the base. Five leaf-like sepals, five tiny curving yellow petals. The calyx lobes are fused at the base; styles twice the number of calyx lobes. Flowers are both bisexual and male. O'Neill Regional Park, Trabuco Cyn, Orange Co., CA 2-28-09. © Joan Avise |
Pacific Sanicle Sanicula crassicaulis One of six native species of Sanicula in Orange County. It is a frequent to
common, 1-3 ft. tall, stout perennial herb growing from a taproot. Found in shady areas of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub and
chaparral in the San Joaquin Hills and foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains
(Roberts). Foliage of all Sanicula probably Back to Apiaceae of Orange County, California |
%20San%20Mateo%20Wilderness,%20Riverside%20Co.,%20CA%204-4-11%20081.jpg) Basal leaves are compound, rounded, 1 1/4 to 4 1/2 in. wide on a long stem; deeply palmately 3- to 5-lobed, each lobe incised and having spine-tipped teeth. San Mateo Wilderness, Riverside Co., CA 4-4-11. © Joan Avise |
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%20Caspers%20Wilderness%20Park,%20San%20Juan%20Capistrano,%20Orange%20Co.,%20CA%203-29-08%20106.jpg) Caspers Wilderness Park, San Juan Capistrano, Orange Co., CA 3-29-08. © Joan Avise |
%20Caspers%20Wilderness%20Park,%20San%20Juan%20Capistrano,%20Orange%20Co.,%20CA%203-29-08%20103.jpg) Caspers Wilderness Park, San Juan Capistrano, Orange Co., CA 3-29-08. © Joan Avise |
 Fruits are rounded, a few millimeters long, densely covered with hooked bulbous-based prickles. Holy Jim Canyon, Trabuco Canyon, Cleveland National Forest, Orange County, CA. 4/12/12. © Peter J. Bryant |
 Holy Jim Canyon, Trabuco Canyon, Cleveland National Forest, Orange County, CA. 4/12/12. © Peter J. Bryant |
