Description | White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) is a woodland plant producing clusters of white flowers followed by white berries on stout red stalks. |
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Plant Type | Wild Flowers |
Hardiness Zone | 5 |
Sunlight | shade, partial shade |
Moisture | prefers moist |
Soil & Site | rich, moist woodland soils, optimum ph 5-6 |
Flowers | clusters of white flowers, poisonous white berries with a black eye spot (stigma scar) |
Fruit | berries on a stout red stalk (pedicel) |
Leaves | alternate, compound, divided 2 or 3 times (2-3 times ternate), usually glabrous beneath, toothed |
Dimensions | reaches 2-3 feet by 2-3 feet |
Propagation | 90 days cold moist, intolerant of dry storage, division in the spring |
Notes & Reference | #13-Growing Woodland Plants (Birdseye) , #65-North Woods Wildflowers (Doug Ladd) , #69-Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada ( Gleason, Cronquist), #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Merel Black and Emmet Judziewicz) |