Actaea

RHS Plant Profile

baneberry

Other common names

bugbane, bugwort, carrion flower, carrion plume, cohosh, grapewort, herb Christopher, rattletop, St Christopher's herb, stink feather

Cimicifuga, Souliea

Family: Ranunculaceae
Native to GB/Ireland: No
Genus: Actaea are rhizomatous herbaceous perennials with compound leaves and small creamy-white flowers in short, erect, simple or branched terminal racemes, followed either by poisonous red, black or white berries, or by star-shaped clustered brown follicles
Name Status: Correct
Plant Range: N temperate