Black Cohosh

Black cohosh is an herbaceous perennial with large, three-branched compound leaves emerging directly from the below-ground crown. The compound leaflets are large, dark green and deeply notched. The leaves stand about two feet tall.

Black cohosh
Black cohosh information
Black cohosh - Cimicifuga racemosa (in the Ranunculaceae or Buttercup family) ...

Actaea simplex 'Hillside Black Beauty' (Bugbane, Autumn snakeroot, black cohosh)
Photo/Illustration: Bill Johnson
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Black Cohosh
Cimcifuga racemosa
MEDICINAL: Black Cohosh is useful in all conditions dealing with arthritis.

Cimicifuga racemosa (Black Cohosh)
Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley)
Cortaderia sp. (Pampas Grass)
Corydalis sp. (False Bleeding Heart)
Cyrtomium sp. (Holly Fern)
Dasylirion sp. (Sotol)
Dicentra sp. (Bleeding Heart)
Dryopteris sp. (Male Fern) ...

Cimicifuga racemosa (Bugbane or black cohosh or snakeroot)
Cimicifuga simplex 'Brunette' (dark, brown-purple foliage, purple tinted, off-white flowers. Now has new Latin name: Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea group) 'Brunette'.

Nombres relacionados: Actaea racemosa (sinónimo), Black bugbane (inglés), Black Cohosh (inglés), Black snakeroot (inglés), Bugwort (inglés), Cimicifuga rubifolia (sinónimo), Macrotys (inglés), Ranunculaceae (familia), Rattleroot (inglés), ...

(khsh´), name for several plants, among them baneberry and black cohosh, a species of bugbane, both of the buttercup family; and blue cohosh, a member of the barberry family.

Cimicifuga racemosa, black cohosh, is very pretty in a group as a companion planting for hostas. It has tall, bottle-brush-like flowers above and ferny leaves below.

Cimicifuga racemosa
Family: Ranunculaceae
Black Cohosh, Squawroot
Origin: North America ...

Index- plants in this Family
Ranunculaceae / Buttercups Bugbane (Cimicifuga )
Bugbane is also known as American Bugbane (C. americana), Black Snakeroot and Black Cohosh (C. racemosa). ...

The root of this species has been used as a strong alternative to Black Cohosh, (Cimicifuga racemosa), for menstrual cramping and menopausal discomfort.

See also: May, Bugbane, Snakeroot, Green, Cimicifuga