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Taxon:  Hydrastis canadensis L.



Summary
Genus:
Hydrastis
Family:
Ranunculaceae
Subfamily:
Hydrastidoideae
Tribe:
Hydrastideae
Nomen number:
19478
Place of publication:
Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1088. 1759
Verified:
11/06/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status
  • CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  4. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  5. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
  6. Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988)
  7. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  8. Foster, S. & J. A. Duke. A field guide to medicinal plants: Eastern/Central North America, 2nd ed. 2000
  9. Foster, S. & V. E. Tyler. Tyler's honest herbal: a sensible guide to the use of herbs and related remedies, ed. 4. 1999
  10. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. 1963
  11. Grellin, J. K. & J. Philpott. A reference guide to medicinal plants. 1990
  12. Janick, J. & J. Simon, eds. Advances in new crops. 1990
  13. Keener, C. S. 1977. Studies in the Ranunculaceae of the southeastern United States: 6. Miscellaneous genera. Sida 7:10.
  14. Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985
  15. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
  16. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  17. Lyke, J. Appendix D. Medicinal plants native to the United States: indicators of rarity and threat. 2001
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  19. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  20. Mills, S. & K. Bone. Principles and practice of phytotherapy: modern herbal medicine. 1999
  21. Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
  22. Peirce, A. The American Pharmaceutical Association practical guide to natural medicines. 1999
  23. Radford, A. E. et al. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. 1964
  24. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  25. Scoggan, H. J. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. 1978-1979
  26. Steyermark, J. A. Flora of Missouri. 1977
  27. Van Wyk, B.-E. & M. Wink. Medicinal plants of the world. 2004
  28. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
  29. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
Common names
English
goldenseal –
orangeroot –
yellow-puccoon –
French
fard inolien –
hydrastis du Canada –
racirie jaunisse –
sceau d'or –
German
kanadische Orangewurz –
Spanish
hidrastis –
raíz de oro –
Swedish
blodstilla –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntario 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMinnesota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNebraska 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesWisconsin 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesConnecticut 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMassachusetts 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Jersey 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew York 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesOhio 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesVermont 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesWest Virginia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesDelaware 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaryland 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia 
2Cultivated     
Native
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
Medicinessource of hydrastine Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988)
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=19478. Accessed 19 May 2026.


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