| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. |
| Synonyms | Helleborus trifolius L. |
| Anemone groenlandica Oeder | |
| Helleborus pumilus Salisb. | |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 0-1500m |
| Description | leaves 3-5cm long, with three sessile, obovate, dentate or lobate leaflets, flowers solitary, 1-2cm across, petals 3-5mm long, clavate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | fresh seed, germ. 3-12 months, 13-16°C division in early spring1 |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward I. , Québec ) North-Central U.S.A. (Minnesota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Indiana , Maine , Masachusettes , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode I. , Vermont , West Virginia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
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