Cimicifuga

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Ranunculaceae

• Scientific Name

  Cimicifuga

• Description

  Genus Description - Sep 4–5, petaloid, very convex, caducous; pet none; stamens very numerous, with long, white filaments and rounded or obovoid anthers, a few of the outermost usually transformed into expanded, 2-horned staminodes; pistils 1 or more; follicles several-seeded; tall perennial poisonous herbs with few, large, commonly basally disposed, ternately or pinnately compound or decompound lvs, broad lfls, and erect, elongate, many-fld racemes or panicles. 20, N. Hemisphere.

• Common Names

  bugbane