Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Actaea racemosa
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Actaea and Cimicifuga from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
This finishes blooming about when the very similar A. podocarpa begins (around mid-July). Learn other ways to separate the two species from Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Actaea racemosa
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-09-001:
Cimicifuga racemosa FAMILY Ranunculaceae
COMMON NAME:
Common Black Cohosh, Early Black Cohosh, Black Snakeroot, black bugbane
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Actaea racemosa
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Actaea racemosa
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-09-001:
Cimicifuga racemosa
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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