Blue Cohosh

Caulophyllum thalictroides Berberidaceae

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Eastern North America

Location

Mundy Wildflower Garden, McDaniel Meadow, Woods, and Swamp, McLean Bogs, Eames Bog

Source of plant

Bluebird Nursery Inc.

Description

Plants 50-90 cm tall; leaves ternately compound; flowers small, greenish-pink, held in panicles; fruit blue,globose, pea-sized, held in pairs.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Status

L4|S5|G4G5