''Actaea japonica'', the Japanese bugbane, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Ranunculaceae Ranunculaceae (buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin "little frog", from "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, distributed worldwide. The largest genera are ''Ranunculus'' (600 species), ''Delphinium' ...

. It is native to central and southern China including

Hainan Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...

, Jeju Island in South Korea, and central and southern Japan. A perennial, the

Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr (Nort ...

considers it to be a good plant to attract pollinators.

Cultivars

It has a number of commercially available cultivars, including 'ChejuDo' and 'Silver Dance'.

References

japonica Garden plants of Asia Flora of North-Central China Flora of South-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of Hainan Flora of South Korea Flora of Japan Plants described in 1784 {{Ranunculales-stub