Coptis trifolia

Coptis trifolia
Threeleaf Goldthread
Coptis trifolia, Pancake Bay, Ontario
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Coptis
Species: C. trifolia
Binomial name
Coptis trifolia
Salisb.
Note the golden-yellow rhizomes

Threeleaf Goldthread (Coptis trifolia, synonym Coptis groenlandica) or Savoyane is a perennial plant in the genus Coptis, a member of the Ranunculaceae family.

It has one small, deeply three-lobed, evergreen leaf rising from the ground.

The sepals are white and are easily mistaken for petals. The four to seven petals are yellow and club-like, and they are smaller than the stamens[1] which are numerous and thread-like with delicate anthers.

The long golden-yellow underground stem gives the plant its name. This portion of the plant was chewed by Native Americans to relieve canker sores, and it the source of another common name, canker-root.[2]

  • Coptis groenlandica.jpg
  • Coptis groenlandica2.jpg

  • Blossom

  • Foliage and seed pods

External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/dmna/coptis.html
  2. ^ http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=COTR2



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