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Actaea pachypoda, the white baneberry or doll's-eyes, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Actaea, of the family Ranunculaceae. The plant is native to eastern North America, in eastern Canada, and the Midwestern and Eastern United States. It prefers clay to coarse loamy upland soils, and is found in hardwood and mixed forest stands.
White currant berries are 84% water, 14% carbohydrates, 1% protein, and contain negligible fat (table). In a 100 gram (3.5 oz) reference amount, white currant berries supply 56 calories , and are a rich source (46% of the Daily Value , DV) of vitamin C , with no other micronutrients in appreciable amounts (table).
A pineberry is smaller than a common strawberry, measuring between 15 and 23 mm (0.6 and 0.9 in). When ripe, it is almost completely white, but with red achenes (the seeds). The plant is disease-resistant, and highly priced, although not profitable due to small-scale farming, small berry size and low yield.
Gaultheria hispidula is an evergreen prostrate shrub that forms a mat of stems and leaves that can reach 1 m (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) in diameter and only 10 centimetres (3.9 in) high. [4]
Flowers have numerous stamens and they are white in color. After flowering green berries are produced. The fruits are ellipsoid shaped berries containing several seeds. [3] Seeds. In mid to late summer, the berries turn bright red, or white in forma neglecta. The berries also have a black dot on them.
Actaea pachypoda, a species of flowering plant known as white-berry snakeroot, or simply whiteberry White blackberry , a white blackberry variant Whiteberry (music group) , a Japanese pop rock group
Viburnum opulus is a deciduous shrub growing to 4–5 m (13–16 ft) tall. The leaves are opposite, three-lobed, 5–10 cm (2–4 in) long and broad, with a rounded base and coarsely serrated margins; they are superficially similar to the leaves of some maples, most easily distinguished by their somewhat wrinkled surface with impressed leaf venation.
The berries are sweet and are consumed by animals (mainly birds [24]) that disperse the seeds in their droppings, even though they contain toxic alkaloids (see Toxicity). [25] There is a pale-yellow flowering form with pale yellow fruit called Atropa bella-donna var. lutea .