词条 | goldenseal |
释义 | goldenseal plant also called Orangeroot, or Yellow Puccoon (species Hydrastis canadensis), perennial herb native to woods of the eastern United States. Its rootstocks have medicinal properties. The plant has a single greenish white flower, the sepals of which fall as they open, followed by a cluster of small red berries. Goldenseal is sometimes planted in the shady wild garden but is also grown commercially for the yellow rootstocks, which yield hydrastine, an alkaloid. This and a related Japanese species constitute the family Hydrastidae; some authorities list them in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). |
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