Trautvetteria caroliniensis

Trautvetteria caroliniensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Trautvetteria
Species:
T. caroliniensis
Binomial name
Trautvetteria caroliniensis
(Walter) Vail
Synonyms[1]
  • Actaea grandis (Nutt.) D.Dietr.
  • Hydrastis canadensis Poir.
  • Hydrastis carolinensis Walter
  • Trautvetteria applanata Greene
  • Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. coriacea (Huth) K.C.Davis
  • Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. occidentalis (A.Gray) C.L.Hitchc.
  • Trautvetteria fimbriata Greene
  • Trautvetteria grandis Nutt.
  • Trautvetteria media Greene
  • Trautvetteria nervata Greene
  • Trautvetteria palmata var. coriacea Huth
  • Trautvetteria rotundata Greene
  • Trautvetteria saniculifolia Greene

Trautvetteria caroliniensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae native to North America.[1] It is known by the common names Carolina bugbane,[2] false bugbane, and tassel-rue. The genus is named for the botanist Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter.[3]

This plant is native to Asia and eastern and western North America. It grows in moist wooded areas and other habitat. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing an erect stem up to 1.5 meters in maximum height. The large leaf has a palmate blade up to 30 or 40 centimeters wide with deeply divided, pointed, toothed lobes. The blade is borne on a long, slender petiole which may measure up to 45 centimeters long. The leaf is green, darker on top and paler underneath. The inflorescence is a panicle with several clusters of flowers on branches. The flower has no petals and is mostly made up of many long, white stamens each up to a centimeter long. At the center is a spherical cluster of green pistils. This develops into a spherical cluster of green fruits.

The plant contains protoanemonin, which may cause blistering or skin irritation.[4]

  • Stem leaves are deeply lobed (background leaves are Rubus)
    Stem leaves are deeply lobed (background leaves are Rubus)
  1. ^ a b "Trautvetteria caroliniensis (Walter) Vail". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Trautvetteria caroliniensis​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Trautvetteria". Flora of North America.
  4. ^ Fagan, Damian (2019). Wildflowers of Oregon: A Field Guide to Over 400 Wildflowers, Trees, and Shrubs of the Coast, Cascades, and High Desert. Guilford, CT: FalconGuides. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-4930-3633-2. OCLC 1073035766.