Ranunculaceae
Goldenseal
Hydrastis canadensis
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Hydrastis
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- خاتم الذهب, جوذان مر, خاتم ذهب, ختم الذهب, هيدراستوس
- arz
- خاتم الذهب
- Bulgarian
- Канадски хидрастис
- Catalan
- Hidrastis
- Chinese
- 金印草, 北美黃蓮, 白毛茛, 白毛莨屬, 金印草屬
- Czech
- Vodilka kanadská, Vodilka
- English
- Goldenseal
- Finnish
- Hurmejuuri
- French
- Hydraste du Canada
- German
- Kanadische Orangenwurzel, Hydrastidoideae, Orangenwurzel
- Hungarian
- Kanadai aranygyökér
- Japanese
- ヒドラスチス・カナデンシス
- Korean
- 히드라스티스, 골든 실
- Persian
- خوک طلایی
- Polish
- Gorzknik kanadyjski, Gorzknik
- Portuguese
- Hidraste
- Quechua
- Qurisaphi, Uqu qura
- Russian
- Желтокорень
- Slovak
- Vodilka kanadská
- Spanish
- Warnera canadensis, Warnera diphylla, Warnera tinctoria
- Turkish
- Altınmühür
Synonyms
- Hydrastis trifolia Raf.
- Warneria canadensis Mill.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.