Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium


  Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt. image
Photographer: Merel R. Black           

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Merel R. Black
Family Ranunculaceae
Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.
[Excluded] black cohosh, black snakeroot, false bugbane
Cimicifuga: from cimex for a "bug" and fugere for "to drive away"
racemosa: Latin for "having a raceme" (cluster of flowers each on its own stalk and arranged along a single central stem)
Status: Excluded
(Glossary)

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Actaea monogyma Walter
Actaea racemosa L.
         
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