Canker-root.

Coptis trifolia.

Crowfoot Family. May - July.

Found both in dry and wet woods. Labrador to Alaska, south to Michigan and mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee.

Flowers

White, 5 - 9 divisions, solitary, on stalk 3 - 6 inches high.

Leaves

From the base, dark green, evergreen, finely toothed, divided into 3 leaflets. Rootstock wiry, yellow, bitter.

Goldthread.