| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Actaea rubra (Aiton) Willd. |
| Synonyms | Actaea arguta Nutt. |
| Actaea californica Greene | |
| Actaea caudata Greene | |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 0-3500m |
| Description | all leaves on stem, bipinnatipartite, segments ovate, sharply dentate and lobate, flowers in large raceme, petals acute, berry red or white with green pedicel |
| Size | 40-60cm |
| Color | creamy |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-6 months, 13-16°C division in early spring |
| Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Norway , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia , Northwest European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (Inner Mongolia , Manchuria , China North-Central ) Mongolia Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward I. , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (Illinois , Iowa , Minnesota , North Dakota , Nebraska , South Dakota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Indiana , Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode I. , Vermont ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , California , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
rubra neglecta (Gillman) B.L.Rob., Rhodora 10: 66 (1908)
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