American Medical Plants,Millspaugh, C.1802,57[16]

• Flowers:Inflorescence a loose raceme or panicle ; peduncle arising from the base of the upper leaf; flowers purplish' or yellowish-green.
• Plant Class:erect, perennial herb, attains a growth of from 1 to 2 1/2 feet
• Leaves:Leaves large, triternately decompound, the upper much smaller and biternate ; leaflets 2 to 3 lobed, obtusely wedge-shape at the base
• Fruit: The berries are mawkish, insipid, and without special flavor. The seeds are said to resemble coffee when roasted.
• Root: Root horizontal or contorted, wrinkled and branched, showing many up-right nodules, bearing at their summits the scars of previous stems, and giving off numerous cylindrical, branching rootlets from the older portions
• Preferred Habitat:
• Flowering Season:April to May, before the full development of the leaves
• Distribution:The Blue Cohosh is indigenous to the United States, growing abundantly in moist, rich woods, from Canada southward to Kentucky and the Carolinas. ^{(Millspaugh, Charles F.,57[16])}