Ranunculaceae
Mountain bugbane
Actaea podocarpa
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Actaea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Mountain bugbane
Synonyms
- Actaea americana (Michx.) Prantl
- Actaea pentacarpa Michx. ex Torr. & A.Gray
- Actaea pentagyna Walter
- Cimicifuga americana Michx.
- Cimicifuga cordifolia Pursh
- Cimicifuga podocarpa (DC.) Elliott
- Thalictrodes americanum (Michx.) Kuntze
- Thalictrodes cordifolia (DC.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dinkum, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Francis Groeters, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Francis Groeters, CC BY-SA 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.