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'''This plant is POISONOUS. The berries are HIGHLY POISONOUS!''' This plant is also known as Red Baneberry (may have red or white berries), Cohosh, Red Cohosh, Necklaceweed, or Snakeberry. Québec - Actée rouge French - poison de couleuvre Finnish - Lännenkonnanmarja

Family: Ranunculaceae (ra-nun-kew-LAY-see-ee) Genus: Actaea (ak-TEE-uh) - Greek for "elder tree", meaning the leaves are similar to elder tree leaves Species: rubra (ROO-bruh) - Latin for red or ruddy

Illustrations from N.L. Britton & A. Brown (1913): Illustrated Flora of the Northern States and Canada. Date: 1913 A.D. Provided to the USDA Plant Database courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc.