The Baneberry, or Herb Christopher, is a rather rare British plant belonging (like the Paeony) to the Buttercup order, but distinguished from all other species in the order by its berry-like fruit.
spicata (common Baneberry or Herb Christopher), A. racemosa (black Snakeroot), A. alba (white Baneberry), having white berries with red stalks, and one or two American forms of the common Baneberry are in cultivation.
The plant is also one of several plants called herb Christopher, particularly the dark-fruited European species. The baneberry is similar to the related bugbane, one species of which is also called cohosh.
Herb Christopher [English]: Actaea spicata
Herb Gerard [English]: Aegopodium podagraria
Herb Gerard [English]: Podagraria aegopodium
Herb Mercury [English]: Mercurialis annua
Herb of Gilead [English]: Cedronella canariensis ...
 See also: Fruits, Buttercup, Bugbane, Baneberry
  
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