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White Baneberry Actaea pachypoda
Buttercup Ranunculaceae family
The leaves are wide-spread, irregularly toothed, egg-shaped leaflets.
White flowers grow in a single, long raceme. Flower petals are less noticable than the numerous, showy stamens.
The fruit is in the form of white berries, with a conspicuous black spot, on thick red stalks.
Form/habitat: White baneberry grows along the road in wooded areas along with blue bead lily, wild lily of the valley, and bunchberry (among others). Plants are 1-3' high.
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