Ranunculaceae
Black baneberry
Actaea racemosa
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Actaea
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- أقتى عنقودية, قاتل البق
- arz
- اقتى عنقوديه
- Catalan
- Cimifuga racemosa
- Chinese
- 总状升麻, 總狀昇麻, 黑升麻, 总序类叶升麻
- Czech
- Ploštičník hroznatý
- English
- Black baneberry, Black cohosh
- Finnish
- Tähkäkimikki
- German
- Traubensilberkerze, Trauben-Silberkerze
- Hebrew
- קוהוש שחור
- Hungarian
- Fürtös poloskavész
- Japanese
- ブラックコホシュ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Klaseormedrue
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Klaseormedrue
- Persian
- توت مار
- Polish
- Pluskwica groniasta
- Portuguese
- Acteia
- Russian
- Воронец кистевидный, Клопогон кистевидный
- Swedish
- Läkesilverax
- Turkish
- Siyah yılankökü
Synonyms
- Actaea gyrostachya Wender.
- Actaea monogyna Walter
- Actaea orthostachya (Wender.) Wender.
- Botrophis actaeoides Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Botrophis pumila Raf.
- Botrophis serpentaria Raf.
- Cimicifuga americana Muhl.
- Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.
- Cimicifuga serpentaria Pursh
- Cimicifuga serpentaria var. orthostachya Wender.
- Macrotrys actaeoides Raf.
- Macrotrys racemosa Sweet
- Thalictrodes racemosa (L.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 1,670 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: sblumen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: sblumen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leyla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Valérie75 assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Bowhay, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Olive, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: W Rao, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: bluehealer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Actaea simplexRanunculaceae
- Actaea asiaticaRanunculaceae
- Actaea europaeaRanunculaceae
- Arizona bugbaneActaea arizonicaRanunculaceae
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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.