Flora Pittsburghensis

Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)

Caulophyllum thalictroides

A very strange-looking plant when it begins to bloom; the plant is almost eggplant-purple, and only half-formed, but already bearing brown flowers. Later the leaves will turn green and the flowers will turn yellowish, and it will look much more like a normal plant. These plants were growing near the Trillium Trail in Fox Chapel, where they were blooming in early April.

Caulophyllum thalictroides

Caulophyllum thalictroides

Caulophyllum thalictroides

Caulophyllum thalictroides

Family Berberidaceae (Barberry Family).   |   Index of Families.