A perennial herb, the roots and rhizomes of which contain alkaloids, anangyrine, baptifoline, cystine, saponins, and resin; it was once used to ease labor and delivery, and for colic, and arthritis; it is now regarded as unsafe in pregnancy, and should not be used in those with cardiovascular disease or hypertension
Toxicity Blue cohosh seeds—‘berries’—are poisonous

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Reproductive biology of Caulophyllum thalictroides (Berberidaceae), an early flowering perennial of eastern North America

Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.: Blue Cohosh; frequent; scattered through mesic woods; BSUH 12190.

A floristic inventory and description of the structure and composition of the plant communities of Botany Glen, Grant County, Indiana

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THE FLORA AND VEGETATION OF GINN WOODS, BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, DELAWARE COUNTY, INDIANA

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