Caulophyllum

• Authority

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

• Family

  Berberidaceae

• Scientific Name

  Caulophyllum

• Description

  Genus Description - Sep 6, biseriate, petaloid, subtended by 3 or 4 sepal-like bracts; pet 6, biseriate, represented only by small, stipitate-flabellate, gland-like nectaries opposite and much shorter than the sep; stamens 6; ovary asymmetrical, tapering above and with a minute apicolateral stigma; poisonous smooth perennial herbs, the erect stem bearing above the middle a single large, sessile, triternate lf, simulating 3 biternate lvs, and another smaller lf just below the infl; ovary soon ruptured by the enlarging seeds, which ripen fully exposed on short, stout stalks and resemble drupes. 2, the other in e. Asia.

• Common Names

  blue cohosh