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Caulophyllum thalictroides, the blue cohosh, a species of Caulophyllum (family Berberidaceae) is a flowering plant in the Berberidaceae (barberry) family. It is a medium-tall perennial with blue berry-like fruits and bluish-green foliage. The name cohosh is probably from an Algonquian word meaning "rough".^{[citation needed]}

Caulophyllum thalictroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Berberidaceae
Genus:	Caulophyllum
Species:	C. thalictroides
Binomial name
Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.

Description

From the single stalk rising from the ground, there is a single, large, three-branched leaf plus a fruiting stalk. The bluish-green leaflets are tulip-shaped, entire at the base, but serrate at the tip. Its species name, thalictroides, comes from the similarity between the large highly divided, multiple-compound leaves of meadow-rue (Thalictrum) and those of blue cohosh.

It is found in hardwood forests and favors moist coves and hillsides, generally in shady locations, in rich soil. It grows in eastern North America, from Manitoba and Oklahoma east to the Atlantic Ocean.

Some bees visit the petals' nectar glands early in the season.[1]

Uses

The plant has been used as a medicinal herb by American Indians.[2] Many Native American tribes, and later European herbologists and mid-wives,[3] would use this herb in conjunction with other herbs and fluids for abortive and contraceptive purposes.[4]

The seeds have also reportedly been used a coffee substitute.[1]

Gallery

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  In bloom
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  Foliage of plant in a Michigan deciduous forest

See also

• Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa), although similarly named, is actually a plant in a separate genus.

References

External links

• Data related to Caulophyllum thalictroides at Wikispecies

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[es] Caulophyllum thalictroides

Caulophyllum thalictroides es una especie de planta medicinal de la familia Berberidaceae, también llamada squaw root (que a menudo se utiliza para la planta parásita, Conopholis americana) o papoose root.

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