Ranunculaceae

White baneberry

Actaea pachypoda Elliott

Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Actaea

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White baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) — FlowerPhoto: Lottery Discountz, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (8)

Bangla: পুতুলিজাম
Chinese: 白果类叶升麻, 白果類葉昇麻
Danish: Hvid Druemunke
English: White baneberry, Doll's eye, Doll's-eyes
Estonian: Valge siumari
Japanese: アクタエア・パキポダ
Polish: Czerniec grubopędowy
Russian: Воронец толстоножковый

Synonyms

Actaea brachypetala var. coerulea DC.
Actaea brachypetala var. microcarpa DC.
Actaea pachypoda f. microcarpa (DC.) Fassett
Actaea pachypoda f. pachypoda

Flowers

In flower: May (from 1,234 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Lottery Discountz, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Shawn Severance, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Kent P. McFarland, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: D. Gordon E. Robertson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Michael Newlon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: sblumen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Navin Sasikumar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, 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.