OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Xanthorhiza simplicissima   FAMILY Ranunculaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xanthorhiza simplicissima   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Xanthorhiza simplicissima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Xanthorhiza simplicissima

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-01-001:

Xanthorhiza simplicissima   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Xanthorrhiza simplicissima

 

COMMON NAME:
Yellowroot


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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_275

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_xasi_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm0403o_31

March    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

Leaves alternate, clustered together at top of a usually unbranched erect stem, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Xanthorhiza simplicissima, Yellowroot

JK Marlow    jkm0503b_07

March    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

image of Xanthorhiza simplicissima, Yellowroot

JK Marlow    jkm0503b_28

March    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

image of Xanthorhiza simplicissima, Yellowroot

Keith Bradley    kab_x_simplicissima_0548

April    Henderson County    NC

Pisgah National Forest

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Keith Bradley    kab_x_simplicissima_0561

April    Henderson County    NC

Pisgah National Forest

Purple flowers in drooping racemes 2-3" long, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

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Steve Marlow    snm100404_151

April    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

image of Xanthorhiza simplicissima, Yellowroot

Steve Marlow    snm100404_153

April    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

Petals are absent. There are 5 maroon, ovate, acuminate sepals, 2-5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm0305r_22

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

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JK Marlow    jkm160502_081

May    Macon County    NC

Twigs moderately stout, lenticellate, with bright yellow inner bark, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Xanthorhiza simplicissima, Yellowroot

JK Marlow    jkm0511c_35

November    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Xanthorhiza simplicissima   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xanthorhiza simplicissima   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Xanthorhiza simplicissima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Xanthorhiza simplicissima

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-01-001:
Xanthorhiza simplicissima   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xanthorrhiza simplicissima

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1679

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Streambanks and riverbanks, less typically in moist rocky forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 3-5 leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
Maroon
5 sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish
Aggregate of follicles

 

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