![Blue Cohosh [Caulophyllum thalictroides]](/images/May/Green/714584871IMG_8603.JPG "Blue Cohosh [Caulophyllum thalictroides]")
Common Name:
Blue Cohosh
Scientic Name:
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Colors:
Green
Months Appearing:
May
Barberry family. 1-3 ft tall.
Flower: In a panicle of 5-30 flowers. 1/3 inch in diameter. Six petal like sepals with very small petals.
Leaves: 3 to 4 x compound. Non-flowering plant has one leaf, flowering two. Similar to Meadow Rue leaf. Blue -green.
Central stem often purple, smooth.
Fruit: Early, green becoming blue with time. Poisonous!
Rich woods. Aman Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 5/2 2309, 0994 (Sept 3)