Details for: PI 675142, Actaea racemosa L., ccc-021

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Actaea racemosa L.

Top Name:

ccc-021

Origin:

Collected – West Virginia, United States

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

08 Dec 2009

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Life Habit:

Forb

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		PI 675142 11nceo51 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Actaea racemosa L.

Top Name:

ccc-021

Origin:

Collected – West Virginia, United States

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

08 Dec 2009

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Life Habit:

Forb

Source History

Collected

09 October 2007.
West Virginia, United States

Collector(s):

Donated

08 December 2009.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

ccc-021

Type: Collector identifier

ccc-022

Type: Collector identifier

Ames 30464

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

NA 77750

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

USDA, ARS

NA 77751

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

USDA, ARS

Narrative

Plants 5-8 feet in height; 3 ternately divided leaves; primary leaflet pinnately compound, odd, opposite; terminal pinnule 3x4 inch palmate with deep sinus; opposite pinnules 2x3 inch palmate with 4 sinus/4 lobes; rounded base; acuminate apex; margin doubly serrate/twice incised; venation palmate/textured beneath; dark brown above; brown below; glabrous hair; blue black petiole; ripe green to brown ovules of fruit; 8 brown/black crescent-shaped seeds within each tiny dried black orb, hanging in two rows on upper stalk.

Actaea racemosa L.

Genus:

Actaea

Section:

Actaea

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Subfamily:

Ranunculoideae

Tribe:

Actaeeae

Nomen number:

411899

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:504. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

09/17/1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	black cohosh	as Cimicifuga racemosa	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: = Cimicifuga racemosa
English	black snakeroot	as Cimicifuga racemosa	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Cimicifuga racemosa
Swedish	läkesilverax		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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