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![]() | Yellowroot is a fairly common small subshrub, only one to three feet tall and with one usually unbranched stem, that grows in thickets along shady streamsides. Stokes Co., NC 6/14/09. |
![]() | The pinnately compound deciduous leaves are clustered at the ends of branches. It is most abundant in the Mountains, least common in the Coastal Plain. Unmistakable — there are no similar local shrubs and this is the only species in the genus. Stokes Co., NC 6/14/09. |
![]() | Stokes Co., NC 6/14/09. |
![]() | Though almost always found along streamsides, this particular patch was growing near the top of the ridge at Whiteside Mountain. Jackson Co., NC 5/14/06. |
![]() | Flower detail. Jackson Co., NC 5/14/06. |
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