Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Hydrastis’s search for a family from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Goldenseal from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hydrastis canadensis
FAMILY
Hydrastidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrastis canadensis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-05-001:
Hydrastis canadensis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
COMMON NAME:
Goldenseal
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Ron Lance rwl_hydrastis_canad
March Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Leaves 5-7" wide, palmately veined and deeply lobed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm150412_235b
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Flower composed of numerous greenish-white stamens, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
JK Marlow jkm150412_235c
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Flower solitary, superior ovary with numerous carpels. Scape densely hirsute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Tim Spira tpshcanadensis3
April
A single basal leaf and two more leaves near the top of the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_canadensis_2
May
Leaves appear wrinkled during flowering, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm0407h_30
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Fruits are dark red berries,1-2 seeded, borne in a cluster, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
fruits that are an aggregate of berries