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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Yellowroot from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Xanthorhiza simplicissima
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xanthorhiza simplicissima
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Xanthorhiza simplicissima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 076-01-001:
Xanthorhiza simplicissima
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Xanthorrhiza simplicissima
COMMON NAME:
Yellowroot
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm0503b_07
March Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0503b_28
March Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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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.
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Steve Marlow snm100404_151
April Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm0511c_35
November Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden