Actaea podocarpa Dc.

Mountain bugbane (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Actaea

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 1.5-2.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-7

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Anodyne (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Hysteria (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Medicine (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Repellant(Insect) (unspecified), Lung (unspecified), Rash (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode divisions seedlings
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 podocarpa unspecified picture
Actaea podocarpa unspecified picture

Distribution

Actaea podocarpa world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1191192-2
WFO ID wfo-0000519110
COL ID 9S4L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Actaea americana Actaea pentacarpa Cimicifuga podocarpa Thalictrodes americanum Actaea pentagyna Actaea podocarpa Thalictrodes cordifolia Cimicifuga cordifolia Cimicifuga americana