OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Actaea podocarpa   FAMILY Ranunculaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Actaea podocarpa   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Cimicifuga americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-09-002:

Cimicifuga americana   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cimicifuga americana

 

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Black Cohosh, American Cohosh, Late Black Cohosh


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image of Actaea podocarpa, Mountain Black Cohosh, American Cohosh, Late Black Cohosh

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_095

        

image of Actaea podocarpa, Mountain Black Cohosh, American Cohosh, Late Black Cohosh

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ciam_001_lvd

        

image of Actaea podocarpa, Mountain Black Cohosh, American Cohosh, Late Black Cohosh

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.

image of Actaea podocarpa, Mountain Black Cohosh, American Cohosh, Late Black Cohosh

JK Marlow    jkm060429_006c

April    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

image of Actaea podocarpa, Mountain Black Cohosh, American Cohosh, Late Black Cohosh

JK Marlow    jkm170818_704

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Actaea podocarpa, Mountain Black Cohosh, American Cohosh, Late Black Cohosh

Ron Lance    rwl_20230919_131357

September    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Actaea podocarpa, Mountain Black Cohosh, American Cohosh, Late Black Cohosh

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.


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image of Actaea podocarpa, Mountain Black Cohosh, American Cohosh, Late Black Cohosh

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Actaea podocarpa   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Actaea podocarpa   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cimicifuga americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-09-002:
Cimicifuga americana   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cimicifuga americana

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

327

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rich cove forests and slopes, at moderate to high elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in SC)

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

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
2-5 sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle

 

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