White Baneberry

Actaea pachypoda f. rubrocarpa Ranunculaceae

Other names

White Cohosh, Doll'S-Eyes

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Nova Scotia to GA, West to MN & MO.

Location

Mundy Wildflower Garden

Source of plant

Seneca Hill Perennials

Description

Fresh green leaves like those of astilbe form an elegant clump. The flowers are fluffy, white, borne insmall heads, but by August they have turned into spires of pea-sized red berries supported on thickenedscarlet stalks. Plants 3' tall, 1' wide.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

fruiting characteristics, notable texture