Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Actaea and Cimicifuga from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Mountain Black Cohosh from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Actaea podocarpa
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Actaea podocarpa
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 076-09-002:
Cimicifuga americana
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Black Cohosh, American Cohosh, Late Black Cohosh
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ciam_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060429_006b
April Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Terminal leaflet with 3 major veins arising from the base, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm060429_006c
April Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm170818_704
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm111008_942
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Petiole of basal leaves with a deep, broad groove (ca. 1mm wide & deep), per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
Cohosh, Doll's-eyes, and Goatsbeard
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JK Marlow jkm111008_949
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Follicles 8-15mm long, 4-8mm broad, glabrous, compressed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.