. Bulletin. Agriculture. PLANTS FURNISHING ROOT DRUGS. ^ 85 BLACK COHOSH. CitnkiftKjd racemosa (L.) Nutt. SiiiKiiiyiit.—Actuca riuTiiiO)<a L. i'hannucoiHi'ial name.—Ciraicifuga. (Hlicr coiiiiiioii names,—Klack snakeroot. bujilmne, bufrwort, rattle-snakeroot, rattlcntot. rattlowcHMl. lattlctop. richwood. siinawroot. Habitat and ian(/r.—Althouj,'!) pvelerrinj.' the shade of rich woods, hhirk cohosh will grow occasionally in sunny situations in fence corners and woodland pastures. It is most abundant in the Ohio Valley, but it occurs from Maine to Wisconsin, south along the Allegheny .Mountain
. Bulletin. Agriculture. PLANTS FURNISHING ROOT DRUGS. ^ 85 BLACK COHOSH. CitnkiftKjd racemosa (L.) Nutt. SiiiKiiiyiit.—Actuca riuTiiiO)<a L. i'hannucoiHi'ial name.—Ciraicifuga. (Hlicr coiiiiiioii names,—Klack snakeroot. bujilmne, bufrwort, rattle-snakeroot, rattlcntot. rattlowcHMl. lattlctop. richwood. siinawroot. Habitat and ian(/r.—Althouj,'!) pvelerrinj.' the shade of rich woods, hhirk cohosh will grow occasionally in sunny situations in fence corners and woodland pastures. It is most abundant in the Ohio Valley, but it occurs from Maine to Wisconsin, south along the Allegheny .Mountains to Geor- gia, and westward to Missouri. D (' .s- V r i I) t i n of plant.—Rising to a height of 3 to 8 feet, the showy, delicate- flowered spikes of the black cohosh tower above most of the other w o o d 1 a n d flowers, making it a conspicuous plant in the woods and one that can be easily recognized. Black cohosh is an indigenous peren- nial plant belonging to the same family as the goldenseal, namel.\. the crowfoot family (Kanuncula- cea>). The tall stem, sometimes 8 feet in height, is rather slender and leafy, the leaves consisting of three leaflets, which are again divided into threes. The leaf- lets are about 2 inches long, ovate, sharp pointed at the apex, thin and smooth, variously lobed, and the margins sharply toothed. The graceful, spikelike ter- minal cluster of flowers, which is produced from .June to August, is from 6 inches to 2 feet in length. (Fig. 12.) Attractive as these flower clusters are to the eye, they generally do not prove attractive very long to those who may gather them for their beauty, since the flowers emit an ofl:'ensive odor, which accounts for some fif the common names applied to this plant, namely, bugbane and bugwort. it having been thought that this odor was eflicacious in driving away bugs. The flowers do not all open at one tinie, and thus there may be seen buds, bios soms, and seed pods on one spike. The buds are white and g
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