Details for: PI 675140, Actaea racemosa L., ccc-002

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Actaea racemosa L.

Top Name:

ccc-002

Origin:

Collected – Maryland, 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

Availability

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North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Actaea racemosa L.

Top Name:

ccc-002

Origin:

Collected – Maryland, 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

20 July 2007.
Maryland, United States

Collector(s):

Donated

08 December 2009.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

ccc-002

Type: Collector identifier

ccc-010

Type: Collector identifier

Ames 30453

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

NA 77731

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

USDA, ARS

NA 77739

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

USDA, ARS

Narrative

Plants 3-6 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 green above; light green below; rich luster; glabrous hair; green petiole; tall flowering stem from thick root stock, terminal racemes, pedicels with small bracts, lobed petals, many stamens, carpel sessile.

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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