Sanicula giraldii H. Wolff

Plants 30–60 cm high. Stems 1–4, erect, branched above. Basal leaves numerous; petioles 5–25 cm; blade reniform-orbicular or round-cordate, 2–6 × 3–10 cm, palmately 3–5-parted, irregularly doubly serrate, teeth acute or mucronate; central segment obovate or ovate-lanceolate, base cuneate, apex shallowly 3-lobed; lateral segments 2-parted. Cauline leaves palmately 3-parted, reduced above. Inflorescence 2–4-trichotomously branched, all branches elongate; bracts foliaceous, entire or 2–3-lobed; rays 2–4, 0.5–2 cm; bracteoles small, 1–1.2 × 0.5–0.7 mm; umbellules 6–7-flowered. Staminate flowers 3–5 per umbellule, petals white, broadly obovate. Fertile flowers 1–3 per umbellule; calyx teeth ovate, ca. 0.5 × 0.3 mm; style 2–3-times longer than calyx teeth, recurved. Fruit ovoid to broad-ovoid, 2–2.5 × 2.5–3 mm, densely covered with yellow or purplish red uncinate bristles; vittae obscure. Fl. and fr. May–Sep.

Chongqing, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, N and W Sichuan, S Xizang.

Shady woods, forests and grassy places on mountain slopes, stream banks, roadsides; 1300–3400 m.

Sanicula uralensis is a species of flowering plant in the black snakeroot genus Sanicula, family Apiaceae. Native to western Siberia, it prefers to live in wetter areas in the undergrowth of both deciduous and coniferous mountain forests.