Scientific Name
Cimicifuga americana

Common Name
Black snakeroot; American bugbane
Life Cycle: Perennial


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Height: 3 to 8 feet
Flower/fruit: Up to 1 foot, slender raceme of tiny white flowers; no petals; short-lived sepals; strong foul odor attracts flies for pollination; opens from base upward; three or more pistils; seed pods are stalked
Flowering Season: Summer into fall
Foliage: Alternate, compound leaf with numerous, ovate, coarsely toothed leaflets; mostly basal
Site: Rich woods
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