Actaea elata Prantl

Tall bugbane (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Actaea

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 1.5-1.65m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.3
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 1.65
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 3-6
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-6

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Headache (unspecified), Alexiteric (unspecified), Anal-Eversion (unspecified), Analgesic (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Repellant(Insect) (unspecified), Leukemia (unspecified), Measles (unspecified), Nerves (unspecified), Neuralgia (unspecified), Pharyngitis (unspecified), Prolapse (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Rectocele (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Stomatitis (unspecified), Throat (unspecified), Tonsillitis (unspecified), Uteritis (unspecified), Uterus (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Actaea elata unspecified picture

Distribution

Actaea elata world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3890-2
WFO ID wfo-0000519079
COL ID 9S2C
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Actaea elata Cimicifuga elata Thalictrodes elata Actaea elata var. alpestris Cimicifuga elata var. alpestris Cimicifuga foetida