Baneberry
Actaea rubra

Family: Buttercup (Ranunculaceae)
AKA: Western Baneberry, Red Baneberry
Photo taken on: June 7, 2009
Location: Pajarito Ski Area, NM
Life Zones: Montane to subalpine
Habitat: Moist, shaded woods

Grows shrub-like from 2 to 3 feet high with 2" long clusters of tiny, white flowers at the end of long stalks above the leaves. Leaves are divided and coarsely toothed. All parts of the plant are poisonous but the fruit is the most toxic. The fruit is occassionally white.

Photo below left taken on: July 27, 2020
Location: Almont, CO

Photo below right taken on: September 5, 2005
Location: Beckwith Pass Trail, GV, CO

Flora of North America reference.