OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrastis canadensis   FAMILY Hydrastidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrastis canadensis   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

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

Hydrastis canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hydrastis canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-05-001:

Hydrastis canadensis   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

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

Hydrastis canadensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Goldenseal


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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_145

        

image of Hydrastis canadensis, Goldenseal

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hyca_001_lvd

        

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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Hydrastis canadensis, Goldenseal

JK Marlow    jkm080421_025

April    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

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JK Marlow    jkm150412_235b

April    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

Flower composed of numerous greenish-white stamens, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

image of Hydrastis canadensis, Goldenseal

JK Marlow    jkm150412_235c

April    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

Flower solitary, superior ovary with numerous carpels. Scape densely hirsute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Hydrastis canadensis, Goldenseal

JK Marlow    jkm150412_236

April    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

image of Hydrastis canadensis, Goldenseal

JK Marlow    jkm150412_237

April    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

image of Hydrastis canadensis, Goldenseal

Keith Bradley    kab_h_canadensis_5235

April    Watauga County    NC

Daniel Boone Native Gardens

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Keith Bradley    kab_h_canadensis_5250

April    Watauga County    NC

Daniel Boone Native Gardens

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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Hydrastis canadensis, Goldenseal

JK Marlow    jkm0305r_11

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Hydrastis canadensis, Goldenseal

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Hydrastis canadensis, Goldenseal

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_canadensis_6

May        

image of Hydrastis canadensis, Goldenseal

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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JK Marlow    jkm170818_661

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrastis canadensis   FAMILY Hydrastidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrastis canadensis   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hydrastis canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-05-001:
Hydrastis canadensis   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrastis canadensis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

710

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic (rarely drier), very nutrient-rich forests, with circumneutral soils, over calcareous or mafic rocks such as limestone, amphibolite, and dolostone, sometimes forming large colonies after canopy disturbance such as logging, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
3 sepals
Petals absent

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Red
Aggregate of berries

 

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