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Taxon:  Actaea racemosa L.



Summary
Genus:
Actaea
Section:
Actaea
Family:
Ranunculaceae
Subfamily:
Ranunculoideae
Tribe:
Actaeeae
Nomen number:
411899
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:504. 1753
Verified:
09/17/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Compton, J. A. et al. 1998. Reclassification of Actaea to include Cimicifuga and Souliea (Ranunculaceae): phylogeny inferred from morphology, nrDNA ITS, and cpDNA trnL-F sequence variation. Taxon 47:613.
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: = Cimicifuga racemosa
  5. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Cimicifuga racemosa
  6. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  7. Zerega, N. C. et al. 2002. Using amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) to identify black cohosh (Actaea racemosa). Econ. Bot. 56:154-164.
Common names
English
black cohosh –
black snakeroot –
Swedish
läkesilverax –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntarios.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinoisn. & s.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouris.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesConnecticut 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesIndiana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMassachusettsw.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Jersey 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew York 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesOhio 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesWest Virginia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabaman.e.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesDelaware 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesDistrict of Columbia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentucky 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaryland 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario (s.)]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Massachusetts (w.), New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Connecticut]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois (n. & s.), Missouri (s.)]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (n.e.), Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalas Cimicifuga racemosaHuxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamentalas Cimicifuga racemosaWalters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicinesfolkloreas Cimicifuga racemosaLeung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=411899. Accessed 23 May 2025.