RanunculaceaeSubfamily Helleboroideae
Tribe Helleboreae
Subfamily Ranunculoideae
Tribe Anemoneae
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Xanthorhiza simplicissima Marshall
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- Common Name: Yellowroot
- Family: Ranunculaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Eastern N. America - New York to West Virginia and south
- Habitat: Damp woods, thickets and the banks of streams
- Description: Named for the color of its inner bark and roots; native to the Atlantic coastal regions of New Jersey, Virginia and inland to Kentucky; a tall groundcover (3') good for banks or slopes, it spreads by underground rhizomes; tolerant of dry as well as heavy soils; flowers early before leaves appear, a not particularly showy racemose panicle or drooping cluster of brownish purple flowers; lustrous green foliage turning yellow, bronze or red in fall.
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   Accession Data:- Accession # 199800019
- Source: ArborVillage
- Accession Date: 03-28-1998
- Bench: 3306 - Families Rh-Sc
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-05-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eudicots
- Order: Ranunculales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Ranunculaceae
- SubFamily: Helleboroideae
- Tribe: Helleboreae
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References:Plants For A Future Website Yellow Trail Tree Walk - University of Vermont
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