A dark bugbane (formally known as Actaea racemosa or Cimicifuga), which grows almost three feet tall, is one of my favorites for its odd-shaped leaves and color. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Insecurity] Reference
For the grass layer, characteristic nemoral floristic elements include: Aegopodium podagraria, Pulmonaria dacica and Actaea erythrocarpa. From Wordnik.com. [West Siberian broadleaf and mixed forests] Reference
Hard to imagine a spring without them…One of my favorites that came with the yard is little Actaea….and tons of King Alfred…I have put Golden Bells on my want list!. From Wordnik.com. [Daffodils 2010 « Fairegarden] Reference
Actaea spicata, var. alba (white cohosh), Chesuncook woods 1853, and East Branch 1857. From Wordnik.com. [The Maine Woods] Reference
Accessions with medicinal or nutraceutical value include Echinacea (purple coneflower), Hypericum, Prunella (self-heal) and Actaea racemosa (black cohosh). From Wordnik.com. [innovations-report] Reference
Red baneberry, Actaea rubra, produces beautiful red berries that can cause cardiac arrest, with only two or three berries proving fatal if ingested, he said. From Wordnik.com. [billingsgazette.com] Reference
(Examples: Actaea, Felindre) •Division 10-Bulbocodium: Usually one flower to a stem, perianth segments insignificant compared with corona, filament and style are usually curved (Examples: Kenellis) •Division 11-Split Corona: Corona is split usually for more than half its length. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
I love the little Actaea, one that grew in my parent’s yard, can’t call it a garden, it came back every year and was so fragrant. From Wordnik.com. [Daffodils 2010 « Fairegarden] Reference
The main herbs are black cohosh (Actaea racemosa); red clover (Trifolium pratense); dong quai, also spelt as dong gui (Angelica sinensis); evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) and ginseng (Panax ginseng). From Wordnik.com. [News24] Reference
Actaea ‘Chocoholic’features brilliant white bottlebrush flowers dance above the foliage from midsummer through fall, and a nice trait of this specimen is it’s a little shorter than ‘Hillside Black Beauty’and ‘James Compton,’ reaching on 2′-3′ tall. From Wordnik.com. [For the chocolate lover: Actaea’Chocoholic’ « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog] Reference
Baneberry, Red Actaea rubra 276. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
Their locks Actaea and Limnoria rear. From Wordnik.com. [The Iliad of Homer] Reference
Baneberry, White Actaea pachypoda 240. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
I've always liked these daffodils, called Actaea. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa, formerly Cimicifuga racemosa. From Wordnik.com. [NutraIngredients-USA RSS] Reference
Trollbar. a) Paris qnadrifulia; b) Actaea spicatjpj c) Solanum dulcamara. From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
Actaea var. rubra (red cohosh), East Branch 1857. From Wordnik.com. [The Maine Woods] Reference
Actaea racemosa. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on the State of Virginia] Reference
Actaea pachypoda. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Barlow's Blog] Reference
Actaea racemosa > ARS. From Wordnik.com. [innovations-report] Reference
Actaea, 376. From Wordnik.com. [Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium] Reference
Actaea spicata. From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
Actaea, Limnorea, Melite. From Wordnik.com. [The Iliad] Reference
Nisaea, and Actaea, and Protomedea, Doris, Panopea, and comely. From Wordnik.com. [Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica] Reference
Acolmiztli, Acolnahuacatl/Acolmiztli, Actaea, Acuecucyoticihuati, Ac-Yanto, Acyutah. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
There were Glauce, Thalia and Cymodoce, Nesaia, Speo, Thoe and dark-eyed Halie, Cymothoe, Actaea and Limnorea, Melite, Iaera. From Wordnik.com. [The Iliad] Reference
Cymodoce, Nesaia, Speo, thoe and dark-eyed Halie, Cymothoe, Actaea and Limnorea, Melite, Iaera, Amphithoe and Agave, Doto and Proto. From Wordnik.com. [The Iliad of Homer] Reference
Aconitum excelsum, Actaea erythrocarpa, Allium victorialis, Athyrium crenatum, A. filix femina, Calamagrostis obtusata, Cerastium pauciflorum, Crepis lyrata, Dryopteris austriaca, D. filix mas, Festuca gigantea, and Poa remota occupy these gaps. From Wordnik.com. [Sayan montane conifer forests] Reference
Nemoral Atlantic relicts include: Asarum europaeum, Actaea spicata, A. erythrocarpa, Zerna benekenii, Campanula trachelium, Circaea lutetiana, Brachypodium silvaticum, Festuca silvatica, F. gigantca, Geranium robertianum, Stachys silvatica, Sanicula europaea, Epilobium montanum, Dryopteris filix mas, and D. fegopteris. From Wordnik.com. [Sayan montane conifer forests] Reference
At old camps, carries, and logging-paths: Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle), Prunella vulgaris (common self-heal), clover, herds-grass, Achillea millefolium (common yarrow), Leucanthemum vulgare (white-weed), Aster macrophyllus, Halenia deflexa East Branch (spurred gentian), Antennaria margaritacea (pearly everlasting), Actaea rubra and alba, wet carries (red and white cohosh), Desmodium Canadense (tick-trefoil), sorrel. From Wordnik.com. [The Maine Woods] Reference
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