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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Buttercups, Poppies, and Allies
  6. Buttercup Family
  7. Goldthreads and Yellowroots
  8. Goldthreads

genus

Goldthreads

Coptis

Traits
Includes
3 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Coptis (goldthread or canker root) is a genus of between 10 and 15 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Asia and North America.

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Children

  • Threeleaf Goldthread native
  • Spleenwortleaf Goldthread present
  • Oregon Goldthread native
  • Idaho Goldthread native
  • Japanese Goldthread

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native goldthreads All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Threeleaf Goldthread Coptis trifolia caterpillars 1 food 1 flowers 1
  • Oregon Goldthread Coptis laciniata
  • Idaho Goldthread Coptis occidentalis

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