Taxonomy: Apiaceae// Genus: Sanicula// Species: Sanicula europaea L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Tutin (Umbelliferae – key to genera and Sanicula L.) in Tutin at al. (1968) and Matevski (Umbelliferae – key to genera) and Micevski (Sanicula L.) in Micevski (2005).
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia and Iran; Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: European beech forests, on somewhat shaded positions.
Flowering period: Late spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.
Sanicula L. Micevski, K. in Micevski, K. (2005). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 6. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1534 – 1535.
Sanicula L. Tutin, T.G. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 320.
Umbelliferae (key to genera). Matevski, V. in Micevski, K. (2005). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 6. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1529 – 1534.
Umbelliferae (key to genera). Tutin, T.G. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 315 – 319.