Ranunculaceae
Threeleaf goldthread
Coptis trifolia
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Coptis
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- خيط الذهب, عرق الذهب, كوبتس تريفوليا, كوبتس ثلاثي الورق, كوبتس غرونلاند
- arz
- كوبتس تريفوليا
- English
- Threeleaf goldthread
- French
- Coptide du groenland, Coptide trifoliolée, Coptide trifoliée, Savoyane, Sawayane
- German
- Dreiblättriger Goldfaden
- Japanese
- ミツバオウレン
- pdc
- Goldwatzel
Synonyms
- Anemone groenlandica O.F.Müll.
- Anemone groenlandica Oeder
- Chryza borealis Raf.
- Coptis daisetsuensis Tatew. ex Miyabe & Tatew.
- Coptis groenlandica (Oeder) Fernald
- Coptis trifolia subsp. groenlandica (Oeder) Hultén
- Coptis trifolia subsp. trifolia
- Coptis trifolia var. groenlandica (Oeder) Fassett
- Coptis trifolia var. semiplena Miyabe & Tatew.
- Helleborus pumilus Salisb.
- Helleborus trifoliatus Houtt.
- Helleborus trifolius L.
- Helleborus trilobus Lam.
- Isopyrum trifolium Britton
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Miya.m, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Σ64, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Σ64, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Σ64, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Charles de Mille-Isles from Mille-Isles, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.