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Actaea rubifolia (black bugbane)

Synonyms: Cimicifuga rubifolia (homotypic)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  The plant is poisonous in large doses; Large doses irritate nerve centres and may cause abortion;
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Scent [2]  The flowers have an unusual, slightly unpleasant smell.
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [2]  Both the growing and the dried plant can be used to repel bugs and fleas;
Height [2]  4.92 feet (1.5 m)
Width [2]  24 inches (0.6 m)
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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0