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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.
The berries are the most poisonous part of the plant (hence the name baneberry). Children have been poisoned by eating the waxy, shiny red or white berries. Ingestion of the berries can lead to cardiac arrest and death. It is toxic to rabbits. [7] The berries are harmless to birds, the plant's primary seed disperser.
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.
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.
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]
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
As with all species in the genus Amelanchier, the flowers are white, [6] with five quite separate petals and five sepals. In A. alnifolia , they are about 2.5–5 cm (1–2 in) across, with 20 stamens and five styles, [ 7 ] appearing on short racemes of 3–20, [ 5 ] somewhat crowded together, blooming from April to July.
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).