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Ranunculaceae

Subfamily Coptidoideae
Tribe Coptideae

Subfamily Isopyroideae
Tribe Isopyreae

Subfamily Ranunculoideae
Tribe Actaeeae

Subfamily Ranunculoideae
Tribe Anemoneae

Subfamily Ranunculoideae
Tribe Clematideae

Subfamily Ranunculoideae
Tribe Helleboreae

W/C = Wild Collected
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Marshall

  • 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: 2308 - Nearctic
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-15-2011
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eudicots
  • Order: Ranunculales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Ranunculaceae
  • SubFamily: Coptidoideae
  • Tribe: Coptideae
  • SubTribe:
References:

  1. Plants For A Future Website
  2. Yellow Trail Tree Walk - University of Vermont

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