Ranunculaceae
Carolina bugbane
Trautvetteria caroliniensis
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Trautvetteria
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Carolina bugbane
Synonyms
- Hydrastis caroliniensis Walter
- Trautvetteria applanta Greene
- Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. caroliniensis
- Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. coriacea (Huth) K.C.Davis
- Trautvetteria fimbriata Greene
- Trautvetteria media Greene
- Trautvetteria nervata Greene
- Trautvetteria palmata var. coriacea Huth
- Trautvetteria rotundata Greene
- Trautvetteria saniculifolia Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos

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Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, 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.