Plant Details

Accepted name:: Xanthorhiza simplicissima Marshall [Ranunculaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
gulrot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yellow root	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yellowroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Zanthorhiza apiifolia L'Hér. Stirp. Nov.: 79 (1788).
Actaea xanthorhiza E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 5: 227 (1901), nom. superfl.
Xanthorhiza tinctoria Woodf. Med. Repos. 5: 160 (1802).
Zanthorhiza apiifolia var. ternata Huth Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 320 (1892).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Marsh.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Marshall	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Zanthorhiza apiifolia L'Hèritier	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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