Index / Search / Xanthorhiza simplicissima
§1 Plant
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Marshall
vernacular yellowroot — species · Ranunculaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ranunculaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Xanthorhiza
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 279 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 279 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Coffee 01031
- Coosa 01037
- Cullman 01043
- Dale 01045
- DeKalb 01049
- Etowah 01055
- Franklin 01059
- Hale 01065
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Macon 01087
- Marion 01093
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Morgan 01103
- Pickens 01107
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Winston 01133
Florida view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Carroll 13045
- Chattooga 13055
- Cherokee 13057
- Clay 13061
- Cobb 13067
- Dade 13083
- Dawson 13085
- DeKalb 13089
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Forsyth 13117
- Gilmer 13123
- Gwinnett 13135
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Haralson 13143
- Harris 13145
- Hart 13147
- Heard 13149
- Jackson 13157
- Lee 13177
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pickens 13227
- Rabun 13241
- Randolph 13243
- Richmond 13245
- Stephens 13257
- Towns 13281
- Union 13291
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- Whitfield 13313
Kentucky view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Gaston 37071
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Jackson 37099
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Scotland 37165
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Chester 47023
- Cumberland 47035
- DeKalb 47041
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Jackson 47087
- Lewis 47101
- Marion 47115
- McMinn 47107
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Unicoi 47171
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
Texas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Nelson 51125
- Nottoway 51135
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Pulaski 51155
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Warren 51187
- Wythe 51197
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/XASI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3033662 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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