Accession Data

Xanthorhiza simplicissima

Common Name: Yellowroot

Family: Ranunculaceae

Country of Origin: southeastern USA

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.

Uses: It contains the alkaloid berberine, which has a number of traditional and contemporary uses for dyeing and medicine.4

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 6a-8b

Accession #: 199800019

Accession Date: 1998-03-28 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2308

Quantity: 1

Source: ArborVillage

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: eudicots

Order: Ranunculales

Family: Ranunculaceae

SubFamily: Coptidoideae

Tribe: Coptideae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. Plants For A Future Website
  2. Yellow Trail Tree Walk - University of Vermont
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  4. Xanthorhiza at Wikipedia. Last accessed 19 November 2015.
  5. Xanthorhiza simplicissima at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Saturday, January 28, 2017.

Images

Xanthorhiza simplicissima