- sanicle, snakeroot - a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers
--1 is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
--1 is a member of Sanicula, genus Sanicula
--1 has particulars:footsteps-of-spring, Sanicula arctopoides; purple sanicle, Sanicula bipinnatifida; European sanicle, Sanicula Europaea - blazing star, button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay-feather, snakeroot - any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
--2 is a kind of wildflower, wild flower
--2 is a member of Liatris, genus Liatris
--2 has particulars:dotted gayfeather, Liatris punctata; dense blazing star, Liatris pycnostachya