Ranunculaceae
Tall bugbane
Actaea elata
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Actaea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Tall bugbane
Synonyms
- Actaea elata var. alpestris (H.W.Lee & C.W.Park) Cubey
- Cimicifuga elata Nutt.
- Cimicifuga elata var. alpestris H.W.Lee & C.W.Park
- Cimicifuga foetida Pursh
- Thalictrodes elata (Nutt.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dianne Fristrom, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ed Alverson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tom Erler, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ben Phalan, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Bailey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ed Alverson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeffrey Lee (he/him/his), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.