The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 66 ILLINOIS NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY Circular 44 HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS L. Golden seal, yellow-root, yellow puc- coon, Indian turmeric. Ranunculaceae. U. S. P. XI, p. Ixx (not official J.—An erect, pubescent herb about 1 foot tall, perennial; rootstock horizontal, yellow, 1/^ to 2 inches long, up to lA inch thick, wrinkled lengthwise, bearing numerous fibrous roots. Upper part of the plant consisting of a basal, long-petioled leaf, and a stem terminating in 2 smaller leaves, one of which subtends the solitary flower. Leaves palmate
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 66 ILLINOIS NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY Circular 44 HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS L. Golden seal, yellow-root, yellow puc- coon, Indian turmeric. Ranunculaceae. U. S. P. XI, p. Ixx (not official J.—An erect, pubescent herb about 1 foot tall, perennial; rootstock horizontal, yellow, 1/^ to 2 inches long, up to lA inch thick, wrinkled lengthwise, bearing numerous fibrous roots. Upper part of the plant consisting of a basal, long-petioled leaf, and a stem terminating in 2 smaller leaves, one of which subtends the solitary flower. Leaves palmately lobed, 5 to 8 inches broad, serrate; flowers greenish-white, less than yz inch wide; fruit a crimson, fleshy head resembling a raspberry. The leaves collected in late summer, the rootstock in the fall after the seeds have ripened. Infrequent in moist, rich woods throughout the state. Contains the alkaloids hydrastine, ber- berine, and canadine, a fixed oil, and a black resin. Used as a tonic to the mucous mem- brane, principally in catarrhal affections.
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