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Habitat: Rich cove forests and slopes
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Sepals and petals drop early, stamens numerous, stigma wider than ovulary, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Perennial to 80cm tall with 2 large compound leaves, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Small white flowers borne in a compact raceme extending above the leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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White berries with purplish black "eye" on thick fleshy pink pedicels, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Actaea, Astilbe, Aruncus, Caulophyllum, & Aralia can be difficult to distinguish.
Habitat: Rich cove forests, other mesic and moderately to very fertile forests
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Terminal leaflet with 3 major veins arising from the base, per Weakley's Flora.
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Leaflets broad, coarsely toothed; terminal leaflet generally 3-lobed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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The petals are absent, but the flowers have numerous showy white stamens, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Flower stalks 3-8' tall w tassel-like flowers in long narrow arching racemes, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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Follicles 5-8mm long, 4-5mm broad, broadly ellipsoid, pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Petiole of basal leaves terete, not grooved (or with an early shallow groove), per Weakley's Flora.
Habitat: Rich cove forests and slopes, at moderate to high elevations
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Terminal leaflet with 3 major veins arising from the base, per Weakley's Flora.
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Petiole of basal leaves with a deep, broad groove (ca. 1mm wide & deep), per Weakley's Flora.
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Follicles 8-15mm long, 4-8mm broad, glabrous, compressed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Habitat: Rich forests
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All parts of the plant have a whitish cast, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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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).
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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).
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True petals are the small yellowish glands at the base of petaloid sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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1 large ternately decompound leaf above inflorescence, 1(2) smaller below, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Fruits are dark blue, poisonous, and berry-like, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Habitat: Cove forests, seepage slopes, boulderfield forests
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Astilbe has a hairy upper stem, whereas Aruncus is smooth, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Terminal leaflets are acuminate and usually 3-lobed with a cordate base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Fruit erect, lanceolate follicles, 0.15-.2" long, borne on a large panicle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Lateral leaflets ovate, elliptic, 3-lobed or lobed on one side, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Habitat: Moist, nutrient-rich forests and woodland borders
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Fruits are dry capsules consisting of 3 seed chambers per flower, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Leaflets resemble elm leaves; terminal leaflet is unlobed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Leaflets have double-toothed eges, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Inflorescence a large panicle of racemes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).