Genus
Actaea (Baneberries and cohoshes)
Actaea rubra rubra. Photo: (c) Jason M Crockwell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Actaea, commonly called baneberry, bugbane and cohosh, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae, native to subtropical, temperate and subartic regions of the Europe, Asia and North America.