PLANTS Profile for Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh)

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Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.
blue cohosh

Symbol:

CATH2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Berberidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.

©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.

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Distribution:
Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.

View 11 genera in Berberidaceae, 2 species in Caulophyllum

Classification:
Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Berberidaceae – Barberry family
Genus	Caulophyllum Michx. – cohosh
Species	Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx. – blue cohosh

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Rhode Island:
blue cohosh		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18840.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 10:48 PM MDT