| Scientific Name: | Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group) |
| Common Name: | dark-leaved bugbane, cimicifuga, Kamchatka bugbane |
| Family Name: | Ranunculaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Fragrance, Perennial border, Waterside planting, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Lobed, Compound, Basal, Heavily veined, Glabrous, Tripinnate, Ovate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), White, Red, Black, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves astilbe-like - basal with a stem-like rachis, ternately compound, pinnae margins incised and toothed, most ovate 4-7cm long x 2-4cm wide (terminal pinnae obovate, up to 7cm long x 5cm wide, lobed), bronze-purple; flowers creamy-white, Aug-Sept, scented, terminal racemes, bottlebrush-look. | |