Doll's Eyes
Actaea pachypoda
Also known as: White Baneberry
Spring white flowers ripen into one of the strangest fruits in the woods: porcelain-white berries with a black 'pupil' on thick red stalks, lasting months. All parts highly toxic — never eat the berries.
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 2–2 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV