Actaea asiatica Hara

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Actaea

Characteristics

Rhizome black-brown, with numerous slender fibrous roots. Stems 30--80 cm tall, terete, 4--6(--9) mm in diam., unbranched, basally glabrous, apically white pubescent. Leaves 2 or 3, proximal cauline leaves 3 × ternately pinnate, long petiolate; petiole 10--17 cm; leaf blade triangular, to 27 cm wide, abaxially glabrescent, adaxially subglabrous; terminal leaflet ovate to broadly ovate-rhombic, 4--10 × 2--8 cm, 3-fid, margin sharply serrate; lateral leaflets ovate to obliquely ovate. Distal cauline leaves similar to proximal ones, but smaller. Inflorescence racemose, 2.5--4(--6) cm, to 17 cm at fruiting; rachis and pedicels densely white or gray pubescent; bracts linear-lanceolate, ca. 2 mm. Pedicels 5--8 mm. Sepals obovate, 2.5--3 mm. Petals spatulate, 2--2.5 mm. Filaments 3--5 mm; anthers ca. 0.7 mm. Pedicels at fruiting 1--1.5 cm, ca. 1 mm in diam. Fruit solitary, purple-black, ca. 6 mm in diam. Seeds ca. 6, dark brown, ovate, ca. 3 × 2 mm. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Jul--Sep. 2n = 16*.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.8
Root system fibrous-root rhizome
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AprMayJun
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Images

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Distribution

Actaea asiatica world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:707985-1
WFO ID wfo-0000519055
COL ID 9RZ9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Actaea asiatica Actaea acuminata subsp. asiatica Actaea spicata var. asiatica