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Accession Data:

Actaea racemosa L.

  • sect. Actaea

  • Common Name: Black Cohosh, Black Snakeroot
  • Family: Ranunculaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: eastern North America

  • USDA Zone: 4a-8b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201700046
  • Source: Matt Opel ex personal garden
  • Accession Date: 05-11-2017
  • Bench: 2308 - Nearctic
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-09-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eudicots
  • Order: Ranunculales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Ranunculaceae
  • SubFamily: Ranunculoideae
  • Tribe: Cimicifugeae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

    • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Ontario / Illinois / Missouri / Connecticut / Indiana / Masachusettes / New Jersey / New York / Ohio / Pennsylvania / West Virginia / Alabama / Arkansas / Delaware / Georgia / Kentucky / Maryland / North Carolina / South Carolina / Tennessee / Virginia / District of Columbia

    References (external):

    1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, May 11, 2017.
    2. Actaea racemosa at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Thursday, May 11, 2017.

    data regenerated on Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:36:42 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

    Images:

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    Current Accessions in the Ranunculaceae

    Subfamily Coptidoideae
    Tribe Coptideae

    • Xanthorhiza simplicissima

    Subfamily Isopyroideae
    Tribe Isopyreae

    • Aquilegia canadensis W/C

    Subfamily Ranunculoideae
    Tribe Anemoneae

    • Anemone scabiosa

    Subfamily Ranunculoideae
    Tribe Cimicifugeae

    • Actaea racemosa
    • Beesia deltophylla
    W/C = Wild Collected
    = indicates flowering in past 14 days
    = images available for this accession
    = map available for this accession
    = accession added within past 90 days
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