White Baneberry

White Baneberry

Actaea pachypoda

Buttercup Family - Ranunculaceae

Each flower has 4 to 10 small, narrow petals, but prominent long white stamens.

Individual flowers on a rather thick stalk. Together, the flowers form a terminal cluster about 2" long. Leaves much divided into coarsely and irregularly toothed leaflets up to 4" long.

Berries white with a purplish "eye" and thick stalks. (Photographed - May and August)

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