Actaea pachypoda

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Family:RANUNCULACEAE
Species:Actaea pachypoda Elliott
Common Name:White Baneberry; Dolls' Eyes; White Cohosh
Habitat:Moist, rich forest.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Dolls' Eyes is a native herbaceous perennial in the Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). It grows primarily in northern and west-central Alabama. Dolls' Eyes occurs in rich hardwood forests, in ravines, on north-facing slopes, and in cove forests. It is a perennial from an enlarged hardened caudex or rhizome. The leaves are alternate, petiolate, and ternately or pinnately parted. The leaflets are ovate to elliptic in outline, glabrous, with lobed, cleft, and toothed margins. Flowers are produced in a terminal or axillary raceme. The individual flowers are bisexual with anther-like white petals. The flowers produce pollen but no nectar. The fruit is an ellipsoid or globose white berry with a stout red pedicel and a short black beak. The common name "Doll's Eyes" refers to the fruit which resemble the china eyes once used in dolls. Dolls’ Eyes is sometimes available from native plant nurseries. It can also be propagated from root division or by seed. Dolls’ Eyes prefers a well-drained, humus-rich soil in full to partial shade. All parts of the plant are toxic to mammals if consumed. The fruit are consumed by birds who are immune to their toxins.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, G5 (Global Rank)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyRANUNCULACEAE - Buttercup/Crowfoot family
Genus Actaea
Species Actaea pachypoda Elliott - White Baneberry; Dolls' Eyes; White Cohosh

Citation

Citation Actaea pachypoda Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 15. 1821.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: MASSACHUSETTS: Middlesex Co.: Cambridge, 3 mi. from Boston, 25 May 1813, Bigelow s.n. (neotype: K). Neotypified by J. A. Compton & Culham, Taxon 53: 163. 2004.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Actaea alba var. microcarpa Actaea alba (Linnaeus) Miller, var. microcarpa (de Candolle) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 65. 1831.Actaea brachypetala de Candolle, var. microcarpa de Candolle 1817. 
Actaea brachypetala var. microcarpa Actaea brachypetala de Candolle, var. microcarpa de Candolle, Syst. Nat. 1: 385. 1817. Without data, Bigelow s.n. (holotype: G-DC).
Actaea alba    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Cullman, Dallas, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin, Henry, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Lowndes, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Monroe, Morgan, Russell, St. Clair, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UNAF, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1874 - 1998

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_37072 Monroe 12 May 1981 O'Halloran, K.
144		 AUA
Actaea Pachypoda Ell.
JSU127851 Madison 18 Apr 1970 Tudor, Jessica
s.n.		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
AUA_ACC_34735 Lawrence 13 Apr 1974 Jenkins, J.D.
142		 AUA
Actaea Pachypoda Ell.
JSU127855 Marshall 23 Mar 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
5076		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0010772 Butler 24 Mar 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22870		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNA00030118 Tuscaloosa 26 Mar 1874 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UNA00058773 Madison 17 Apr 2004 Keener, Brian R.
2600		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UNAF0001545 Madison 12 Jul 1992 Jobert, Steven
s.n.		 UNAF
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
JSU127777 DeKalb 16 May 1975 Durham, Steven D.
437		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
AUA_ACC_43222 Monroe 27 Jul 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
1267		 AUA
Actaea Pachypoda Ell.
UNA00030119 Marshall 03 Jul 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
7936		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UWAL0003530 Marengo 26 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1740		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UNA00030139 DeKalb 11 May 1987 Haynes, Robert R.
9176		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UWAL0002098 Lowndes 20 May 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21349		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UWAL0011688 Clarke 24 May 2013 Keener, Brian R.
7837		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
JSU127844 Jackson 8 Aug 1976 Whetstone, R. David
8845		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0003527 Clarke 29 Mar 1981 Kral, Robert
66791		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
JSU127848 Limestone 25 Apr 1996 Whetstone, R. David
17420		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0047579 Dallas 15 Apr 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-48		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UWAL0054344 Bibb 26 Mar 2021 Keener, Brian R.
12127		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNA00058683 Lawrence 17 Apr 2005 Keener, Brian R.
2632		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
AUA_ACC_47510 Bibb 1 Jul 1977 Ahrens, W.H.
116		 AUA
Actaea Pachypoda Ell.
JSU127849 Madison 11 Sep 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6227		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
SAMF0001441 Lawrence 02 Aug 2012 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5345		 SAMF
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
AUA_ACC_39950 Conecuh 27 Jul 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
1291		 AUA
Actaea Pachypoda Ell.
ALNHS00006499 Madison 10 Jul 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4662		 ALNHS
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UWAL0003532 Morgan 21 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
1169		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UNA00030103 Tuscaloosa 15 Sep 1979 Haynes, Robert R.
7574		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
JSU127842 Etowah 23 Apr 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
1188		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0003535 Wilcox 03 Apr 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4171		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
JSU127780 DeKalb 9 May 1972 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-1260		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0034742 Limestone 19 May 1995 Kral, Robert
84709		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNA00060532 Lowndes 06 Jun 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
360		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
JSU127772 Calhoun 13 Apr 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
141		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
ALNHS00001015 Jackson 28 Mar 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#408		 ALNHS
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
USAM000013316 Morgan 25 Apr 1976 Jones, Franklin D.
s.n.		 USAM
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNA00030104 Tuscaloosa 23 Sep 1968 Thomas, Joab L.
1819		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UWAL0017266 Lawrence 01 Jul 2007 England, J. Kevin
503		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
JSU127856 Morgan 13 Apr 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9747		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
SAMF0001442 Jackson 02 Jun 2006 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3436		 SAMF
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
AUA_ACC_49144 Henry 28 Jul 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5313		 AUA
Actaea Pachypoda Ell.
TROY000032455 Lowndes 20 May 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21349		 TROY
Actaea pachypoda Elliot
UWAL0019088 Franklin 14 Apr 1998 Kral, Robert
87292		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNA00030109 Winston 08 Apr 1967 Thomas, Joab L.
949		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
JSU127852 Madison 11 Jun 1976 Whetstone, R. David
8379		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
JSU127853 Marshall 15 Apr 1973 Kral, Robert
49613		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNA00030134 Lawrence 29 Apr 1977 Haynes, Robert R.
6163		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
AUA_ACC_22447 Jackson 25 Jul 1970 Hopson, George R.
.00113		 AUA
Actaea Pachypoda Ell.
JSU127847 Limestone 2 Jun 1997 Hofmann, Tim L.
00561		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
TROY000038261 Butler 02 Apr 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23886		 TROY
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
JSU127845 Lawrence 14 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3753		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNA00030107 Tuscaloosa 29 Mar 1977 Harvey, Denise
143		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
TROY000022385 St. Clair 07 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3450		 TROY
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNAF0001541 Lauderdale 06 Jul 1992 Blythe, Fennel
s.n.		 UNAF
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0037634 Limestone 03 Apr 2018 England, J. Kevin
8906		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNA00030112 Tuscaloosa _ Mar 1874 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UNAF0001546 Colbert 20 Apr 1973 Willis, Robert
s.n.		 UNAF
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0003528 Jackson 03 Apr 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5716		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
AUA_ACC_46458 Lawrence 15 Apr 1978 Lamb, Trip
77		 AUA
Actaea Pachypoda Ell.
UWAL0048262 Cullman 24 Mar 2020 England, J. Kevin
10798		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
TROY000028683 Marengo 26 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1740		 TROY
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
JSU127858 Tuscaloosa 2 Apr 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1130		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0053162 Choctaw 10 Apr 2021 Keener, Brian R.
12156		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
AUA_ACC_72770 Jackson 17 Apr 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
HC-162		 AUA
Actaea Pachypoda Ell.
JSU127846 Limestone 1 Apr 1997 Hofmann, Tim L.
00372		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNA00030108 Madison 20 Apr 1979 Meigs, Russell A.
97		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
JSU127775 DeKalb 5 May 1973 Mason, Janet
197		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
TROY000031312 Colbert 12 Aug 1981 Henderson, T.
384		 TROY
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0036415 Marshall 12 Aug 2017 England, J. Kevin
8392		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
TROY000034461 Jackson 03 Apr 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5716		 TROY
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0003529 Jackson 15 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3485		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UNA00030129 Lawrence 28 Jul 1949 Segars, Charles B.
81		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UNAF0001544 Limestone 25 Apr 1998 Williams, Tim
38		 UNAF
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0003533 St. Clair 02 Jun 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4552		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
SAMF0002956 Monroe 13 May 2015 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5741		 SAMF
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0006057 Monroe 10 Apr 1983 Kral, Robert
69875		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
TROY000050569 Cullman 24 Mar 2020 England, J. Kevin
10798		 TROY
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0003534 St. Clair 07 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3450		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
JSU127779 DeKalb 9 May 1972 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-1260		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
USAM000013317 Monroe 10 Apr 1970 Wofford, B. Eugene
10423		 USAM
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
JSU127774 DeKalb 24 Oct 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
790		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNA00023830 Lawrence 26 Jun 1989 Harding, Dennis
s.n.		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
JSU127773 Calhoun 13 Apr 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
141		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
TROY000024088 Butler 19 Mar 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20529		 TROY
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0015585 Lowndes 16 Apr 2014 Keener, Brian R.
8344		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
TROY000022622 Wilcox 03 Apr 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4171		 TROY
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0003531 Monroe 14 Sep 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4833		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
JSU127776 DeKalb 22 May 1975 Whetstone, R. David
3954		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNAF0001540 Colbert 13 Apr 1972 Rutland, David
s.n.		 UNAF
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
AUA_ACC_37769 Colbert 12 Aug 1981 Henderson, T.
384		 AUA
Actaea Pachypoda Ell.
TROY000022383 Blount 10 May 1998 Keener, Brian R.
768		 TROY
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0018541 Lowndes 06 Apr 1993 Kral, Robert
81992		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
TROY000008075 Coffee 07 Mar 2000 Martin, Brian H.
476		 TROY
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNA00030124 Madison 23 May 1892 Baker, Charles F.
s.n.		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
AUA_ACC_44619 Conecuh 18 Aug 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
1570		 AUA
Actaea Pachypoda Ell.
JSU127843 Jackson 4 May 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6090		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNA00045875 St. Clair 12 Apr 1998 Keener, Brian R.
598		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
AUA_ACC_31298 DeKalb 28 Apr 1976 Horner, Kent
127		 AUA
Actaea Pachypoda Ell.
JSU127859 Winston 18 Sep 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6419		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
TROY000034688 Butler 24 Mar 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22870		 TROY
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
JSU127841 DeKalb 15 Apr 1973 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-865		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNA00058192 Blount 10 May 1998 Keener, Brian R.
768		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UNAF0001542 Lawrence 19 Jun 1992 Collier, Sadonna
s.n.		 UNAF
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0052208 Winston 16 Jul 2017 Keener, Brian R.
10288		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNAF0001539 Colbert 15 Apr 1971 Wilson, David
02960		 UNAF
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
JSU127857 Tuscaloosa 2 Apr 1976 Whetstone, R. David
8074		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
AUA000042586 Colbert 22 Apr 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
FH306		 AUA
Actaea Pachypoda Ell.
UWAL0031461 Colbert 23 Apr 2011 England, J. Kevin
2818		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
AUA_ACC_49579 Russell 18 Aug 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5370		 AUA
Actaea Pachypoda Ell.
JSU127850 Madison 22 Apr 1970 Tudor, David
s.n.		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNA00048653 DeKalb 02 Jun 1979 Wiersema, John H.
758		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
AUA_ACC_45802 Lawrence 7 May 1971 James, Audrey
135		 AUA
Actaea Pachypoda Ell.
JSU127854 Marshall 23 Apr 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
5455		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
TROY000022384 Lawrence 17 Apr 2005 Keener, Brian R.
2632		 TROY
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNA00030117 Cullman 10 Jul 1969 Kral, Robert
35390		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UNA00067018 Jackson 15 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3485		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UNAF0001543 Limestone 15 May 1991 Green, Kim
009455		 UNAF
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0036865 DeKalb 29 Apr 2017 Keener, Brian R.
10051		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNAF0001547 Lauderdale 21 Sep 1985 Worley, Darryl
s.n.		 UNAF
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UNA00030144 Bibb 16 Apr 1985 Burckhalter, Robert
325		 UNA
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
UWAL0012385 Butler 02 Apr 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23886		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
JSU127778 DeKalb 3 May 1972 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-1258		 JSU
Actaea pachypoda Elliott
UWAL0003526 Butler 19 Mar 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20529		 UWAL
Actaea pachypoda Ell.
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