GAMBAR DAN BAGIAN-BAGIAN TANAMANHydrastis canadensis L.

Stems - To 25cm tall, from thick rhizome, hirsute, (at least in upper portions), herbaceous, with only two leaves.

Leaves - Two, alternate, double or triple serrate, pubescent above and below. Lower leaf petiolate, 5-11 palmately lobed, to +10cm broad, +8cm long. Petiole hirsute, to +2cm long. Upper leaf sessile, typically smaller than lower leaf.

Inflorescence - A single flower per plant, terminating stem. Flowers - One, apetalous. Sepals 3, shed at anthesis. Stamens many(+50). Filaments white, glabrous, thicker at apex than base, to 1mm thick, 8-9mm long, curved. Anthers yellow, to 1mm long. Peduncle to +2cm long, thick, hirsute. Fruit a sub-globose cluster of red berries, to 1.3cm broad.

Fruiting plant. Flowering - April - May. Habitat - Rich slopes, woods, ravines, thickets.

Kay Yatskievych, 2003 1Hydrastis canadensis, leaf and fruit

Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2011 4Hydrastis canadensis, fruit juvenile

Bagian tanaman dapat dibagi menjadi 2. 1. Bagian di bawah tanah terdiri dari rizoma, terdapat banyak akar dengan diameter kecil. Rizoma dan akar bagian dalamnya berwarna kuning keemasan. 2. Bagian di atas tanah terdiri dari batang yang tingginya 10-18 cm dari permukaan tanah, bunga tumbuh di pucuknya dengan warna putih kehijauan. Buahnya berupa segerombol berri kecil kecil berwarna merah tua. (Anna H. Koffler, Milan G. Gorby, 1957).

DAFTAR PUSTAKAAnna H. Koffler, Milan G. Gorby. 1957. Contributions to the History of Golden Seal in Ohio. The Ohio Journal Of Science 57(3): 169, May, 1957.http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Hydrastis+canadensis#