Trautvetteria
(named in honour of Prof. Ernest Rud. Trautvetter, a Russian botanist of this century). ORD. Ranunculaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a hardy perennial, thriving in ordinary soil. It may be propagated by divisions.
T. palmata (palmately-lobed). False Bugbane. fl. white, small, corymbose-paniculate; sepals three to five, usually four, concave, petal-like very caducous; petals none. July and August. l. palmately lobed; radical ones large, the lobes toothed and cut; cauline ones few, alternate. Stems 2ft. to 3ft. high. North America and Japan. (B. M. 1630, under name of Cimicifuga palmata.) SYN. Actaea palmata.