Actaea racemosa L.
Detail
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Botanical Name
- Actaea racemosa L.
- Common Name
- Common Black Cohosh, Bugbane
- Synonym(s)
- Cimicifuga racemosa L. var. racemosa
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Actaea racemosa L.
- Comments
- A comprehensive study by Compton, Culham, & Jury in Taxon 47:593-634 (1998) advocates the inclusion of Cimicifuga in Actaea.
- Habitat
- Mesic to dry forests, usually in base-rich soils; especially abundant in rich cove forests and rich montane oak-hickory forests. Common in the mountains; frequent in the Piedmont; infrequent in the Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Native
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