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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Caulophyllum thalictroides   FAMILY Berberidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Caulophyllum thalictroides   FAMILY Berberidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Caulophyllum thalictroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Caulophyllum thalictroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Identification of Caulophyllum giganteum (Haines, 2003)

Caulophyllum thalictroides

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 077-05-001:

Caulophyllum thalictroides   FAMILY Berberidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Caulophyllum thalictroides

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Blue Cohosh, Papooseroot, Green Vivian


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JK Marlow    jkm0503c_20

March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

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JK Marlow    jkm0503c_25

March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

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JK Marlow    jkm120330_226

March    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

All parts of the plant have a whitish cast, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Caulophyllum thalictroides, Common Blue Cohosh, Papooseroot, Green Vivian

JK Marlow    jkm140322_363

March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

image of Caulophyllum thalictroides, Common Blue Cohosh, Papooseroot, Green Vivian

JK Marlow    jkm200321_3270

March    Polk County    NC

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_thalictroides_b

March        

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JK Marlow    jkm120403_442

April    Henderson County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

The oval leaflets are irregularly lobed above the middle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Caulophyllum thalictroides, Common Blue Cohosh, Papooseroot, Green Vivian

JK Marlow    jkm190427_7873

April    Jackson County    SC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Caulophyllum thalictroides, Common Blue Cohosh, Papooseroot, Green Vivian

JK Marlow    jkm190427_7881

April    Jackson County    SC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Caulophyllum thalictroides, Common Blue Cohosh, Papooseroot, Green Vivian

JK Marlow    jkm190427_7884

April    Jackson County    SC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Caulophyllum thalictroides, Common Blue Cohosh, Papooseroot, Green Vivian

JK Marlow    jkm190427_7886

April    Jackson County    SC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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Keith Bradley    kab_c_thalictroides_0849

April    Polk County    NC

The six petal-like sepals are yellow-green to purple-green, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Caulophyllum thalictroides, Common Blue Cohosh, Papooseroot, Green Vivian

Keith Bradley    kab_c_thalictroides_0922

April    Polk County    NC


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE Cohosh, Doll's-eyes, and Goatsbeard

image of Caulophyllum thalictroides, Common Blue Cohosh, Papooseroot, Green Vivian

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_thalictroides_61

April        

True petals are the small yellowish glands at the base of petaloid sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Caulophyllum thalictroides, Common Blue Cohosh, Papooseroot, Green Vivian

JK Marlow    jkm060508_087

May    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

Black Cohosh on the left; Blue Cohosh on the right.

image of Caulophyllum thalictroides, Common Blue Cohosh, Papooseroot, Green Vivian

JK Marlow    jkm120523_195

May    Graham County    NC

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest

1 large ternately decompound leaf above inflorescence, 1(2) smaller below, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Caulophyllum thalictroides, Common Blue Cohosh, Papooseroot, Green Vivian

JK Marlow    jkm070703_089

July    Raleigh County    WV

Sandstone Falls

The specific epithet "thalictroides" means resembling Thalictrum.


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image of Caulophyllum thalictroides, Common Blue Cohosh, Papooseroot, Green Vivian

JK Marlow    jkm060806_022

August    Polk County    NC

Fruits are dark blue, poisonous, and berry-like, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Caulophyllum thalictroides   FAMILY Berberidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Caulophyllum thalictroides   FAMILY Berberidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Caulophyllum thalictroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Caulophyllum thalictroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Identification of Caulophyllum giganteum (Haines, 2003)
Caulophyllum thalictroides

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 077-05-001:
Caulophyllum thalictroides   FAMILY Berberidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Caulophyllum thalictroides

 

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291

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rich forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow, yellow-purple, or green
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
6 petaloid sepals
6 reduced petals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Blue
Drupe-like seeds

 

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