Flower/fruit:
Small
white flowers in a short cylindrical cluster; very small petals;
sepals fall as flower opens; one pistil per flower; cluster of egg-shaped
white berries with a purple spot; each berry stands on a thick,
bright red stalk
Flowering
Season: May to June; berries
July to Oct.
Foliage:
Compound terminal leaves with
several stalked, sharply toothed leaflets
Site:
Rich humus soil;
shade
Comments:
Flowers resemble black cohosh
but are in shorter, cylindrical cluster
