About This Plant
This is a big plant with attractive foliage that is perfect to fill gaps created when spring ephemerals go dormant. It tends to do well in home landscapes. Tall spires of white, fragrant flowers attract pollinators and, later, birds. It grows best in soils that are rich in organic matter. Sometimes it is called bugbane due to the flower's insect-repellant odor.
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Benefits
- Wildlife Benefits
Plant Facts
Black cohosh roots were used medicinally by indigenous populations in North America and continue to be used today by some herbalists. | The top growth of the plant is poisonous. | It may also be known under the genus name Cimicifuga.
Alternate Names
Black Snakeroot, Bugbane, Common Black Cohosh, Fairy Candles
