| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Actaea rubra (Aiton) Willd. |
| Bibliography | Enum Pl.: 561 (1809) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to n. & w. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| 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 | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Actaea alba (L.) Mill. Actaea americana Pursh Actaea americana var. alba (L.) Pursh Actaea americana var. rubra (Aiton) DC. Actaea arguta Nutt. Actaea arguta var. alabastrina Lunell Actaea arguta var. eburnea (Rydb.) Cockerell Actaea arguta var. pauciflora R.R.Gates Actaea arguta var. viridiflora (Greene) Tidestr. & Kittell Actaea aspleniifolia Greene Actaea brachypetala DC. Actaea brachypetala var. alba (L.) DC. Actaea brachypetala var. rubra (Aiton) DC. Actaea californica Greene Actaea caudata Greene Actaea eburnea Rydb. Actaea longipes Spach Actaea neglecta Gillmann Actaea rubra f. arguta (Nutt.) Huth Actaea rubra ssp. arguta (Nutt.) Hultén Actaea rubra var. arguta (Nutt.) M.A.Lawson Actaea rubra var. dissecta Britton Actaea rubra var. gigantea R.R.Gates Actaea rubra f. neglecta (Gillmann) B.L.Rob. Actaea spicata var. alba L. Actaea spicata f. arguta (Nutt.) Huth Actaea spicata var. arguta (Nutt.) Torr. Actaea spicata ssp. arguta (Nutt.) Hultén Actaea spicata var. dissecta (Britton) K.C.Davis Actaea spicata var. rubra Aiton Actaea spicata ssp. rubra (Aiton) Hultén Actaea viridiflora Greene Actaea viridiflora var. clementiorum R.R.Gates Christophoriana alba (L.) Nieuwl. Christophoriana arguta (Nutt.) Lunell Christophoriana arguta var. alabastrina Lunell Christophoriana rubra (Aiton) Nieuwl. Dipleina umbellata Raff. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |