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Actaea pachypoda
Also called Doll's eye, Doll's-eyes, Baneberry, White Cohosh, White Doll's Eyes
A woodland perennial native to eastern North America, grown for its white berries with black spots that look like doll's eyes. It needs shade, rich humusy soil and good drainage.
Actaea pachypoda, the white baneberry or doll's-eyes, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Actaea, of the family Ranunculaceae.
The plant is native to eastern North America, in eastern Canada, and the Midwestern and Eastern United States. It requires organically rich, humusy soil with excellent drainage, and is found in hardwood and mixed forest stands.
Actaea pachypoda is cultivated as an ornamental plant, in traditional and wildlife gardens.
It requires part or full shade, rich loamy soil, and regular water with good drainage to reproduce in its native habitat.
A variety of birds, which are not affected by the toxins, eat the berries and help disperse the seeds. Long-tongued bees collect pollen from the flowers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Actaea pachypoda by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
