WorldFloraDB - Xanthorhiza simplicissima

Characteristics

Stems 20-70 cm, 3- diam.; bark smooth, ringed with leaf scars, inner bark yellow. Leaves clustered near stem apex, to 18cm; leaflets 3-5, 2.5-10 × 2-8 cm, sessile to short-petiolulate. Inflorescences broad-paniculate, arising from cluster of leaves, 6-21 cm, short-pilose; pedicel 2-5 mm. Flowers: sepals spreading, acuminate; petals with nectary transversely oblong, 2-lobed. Follicles yellowish brown, glossy, somewhat inflated, 3-4 mm, distally ciliate. 2 n =36.

More

Stems 3–5 dm; lvs long-petioled; lfls mostly 5, lance-ovate to broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, toothed to deeply cleft; infls 5–12 cm; sep lanceolate, broadly clawed, 3 mm; stamens and staminodes 1 mm; follicles thin-walled, pale brown, sparsely hairy; 2n=36. Moist woods, chiefly in the mts.; s. N.Y. to Pa. and Ky., s. to S.C., w. Fla., and Ala. Apr. (Zanthorhiza apiifolia)

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

2.25 - 2.75

Mature height (meter)

1.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Shaded stream banks, moist woods, thickets, and rocky ledges from sea level to 1200 metres.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	dye medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Cold Remedy (root), Gastrointestinal Aid (root), Liver Aid (root), Analgesic (root), Dermatological Aid (root), Hemorrhoid Remedy (root), Gastrointestinal Aid (unspecified), Liver Aid (unspecified), Blood Medicine (unspecified), Cancer Treatment (unspecified), Eye Medicine (unspecified), Oral Aid (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Throat Aid (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Stomatitis (unspecified), Stomach (unspecified), Throat (unspecified), Medicine (unspecified), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Cold (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.

Mode	divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-35
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-