Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Caulophyllum giganteum
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Northern Blue Cohosh from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Caulophyllum thalictroides is the more common and widely known blue cohosh, but there is a second species that has gone largely undetected. Read more in Identification of Caulophyllum giganteum (Haines, 2003).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Caulophyllum giganteum
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Caulophyllum giganteum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Caulophyllum giganteum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Identification of Caulophyllum giganteum (Haines, 2003)
Caulophyllum giganteum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Caulophyllum thalictroides var. giganteum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 077-05-001?:
Caulophyllum thalictroides FAMILY Berberidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Caulophyllum thalictroides
COMMON NAME:
Northern Blue Cohosh, Giant Blue Cohosh
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Caulophyllum giganteum
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Caulophyllum giganteum
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Caulophyllum giganteum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Caulophyllum giganteum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Identification of Caulophyllum giganteum (Haines, 2003)
Caulophyllum giganteum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Caulophyllum thalictroides var. giganteum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 077-05-001?:
Caulophyllum thalictroides
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Caulophyllum thalictroides
4295
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
FLOWER:
Spring
Usually purple or maroon
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
6 petaloid sepals
6 reduced petals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Blue
Drupe-like seeds
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