| Common Name | Latin Name | Plant Family |
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Coptis occidentalis |
Ranunculaceae |
A yellow dye is obtained from the root[46, 61].
Can be grown as a ground cover plant in the peat garden[200].
Cultivation & Habitat
Seed – best sown in a greenhouse as soon as it is ripe in an ericaceous compost[164]. Seal the pot in a polythene bag until germination takes place, which is usually within 1 – 6 months at 10¡c[164]. Stored seed should be sown as early in the year as possible. Four weeks cold stratification may be beneficial[164]. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and grow on in a shady part of the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out in mid-autumn or in spring.
Division in spring[200].
Requires a light moist humus-rich slightly acidic soil with a northerly aspect or light shade[1, 200].
This species is closely related to C. laciniata[200].
Western N. America – Idaho, Montana and Washington.
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