Flower ID: IMG_1627.JPG-06-01-2019 Flower name (scientific): Actaea pachypoda f. pachypoda (Killip) Fernald PY: 1940 Flower name (common): White Baneberry Family name (common): Buttercup Family name (scientific): Ranunculaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: Specific epithet: Common name origin: Flower description: Size: 0.2 to 0.5 inches ( 0.5 to 1.3 cm) Petal count: 4 Color: white Other: flower arrangement, Cluster-spherical Plant description: Size: 18 to 36 inches ( 46. to 91. cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is compound Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, 2-pinnate or 3-pinnate (IL), ternate (MBG), leaflet, ovate (IL), oval-oblong (FWI) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): May to June Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: How to differentiate related forms: Actaea pachypoda f. rubrocarpa is not accepted by the FNA, but is accepted by the World Checklist of Vascular Plants. This is a rare form of Actaea pachypoda having pink to magenta colored berries on pedicels 3 mm or more in thickness, in contrast with the related species Actaea rubra, which has bright red (usually) berries on thinish pedicels less than 3 mm. Actaea pachypoda f. pachypoda, the autonym, has white colored berries on thickish stems. Ethnobotany: Latitude: 44.796160 Longitude: -91.501218 Altitude: 253.20 Distribution: In Wisconsin: In US: In Canada: References: