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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Ranunculaceae
Actaea rubra (Aiton) Willd.
red baneberry
Actaea: an ancient Greek name, from its wet habitat and similarity to Sambucus leaves
rubra: Latin for red
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1 1/2'-3' tall forb |
| Flower: | white, 4-10-parted, petals falling off leaving numerous white stamens; mature stigma narrower than the ovary; inflorescence a 2" ball-like, dense, long-stalked cluster usually about as wide as long; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | several seeded, red berry, occasionally white, on greenish, thin stalks |
| Leaf: | alternate; 2-3 times 3-parted into separate, sharply toothed, oval-oblong leaflets often with some hairs in the bottom |
| Habitat: | moderate moisture; woods, forests; in rich soil |
| (Glossary) |
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