PLANTS Profile for Actaea podocarpa (mountain bugbane)

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PLANTS Profile

Actaea podocarpa DC.
mountain bugbane

Symbol:

ACPO11

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Cimicifuga americana

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 92. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Actaea podocarpa DC.

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Synonyms:
Actaea podocarpa DC.

ACCO25	Actaea cordifolia DC.
CIAM	Cimicifuga americana Michx.	mountain bugbane
CICO9	Cimicifuga cordifolia (DC.) Torr. & A. Gray
CIRAC	Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt. var. cordifolia (DC.) A. Gray

Distribution:
Actaea podocarpa DC.


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USA (GA, IL, KY, MD, NC, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Actaea podocarpa DC.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 10 species in Actaea

Classification:
Actaea podocarpa DC.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Actaea L. – baneberry
Species	Actaea podocarpa DC. – mountain bugbane

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Actaea podocarpa DC.

The synonym italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Illinois:
Cimicifuga americana
American bugbane		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Cimicifuga americana
mountain bugbane		Rare

More Accounts and Images:
Actaea podocarpa DC.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 11:39 AM CDT