Flowers are rose to purple, rarely white, small and pea-like.
Fruit is a short legume pod.
Severe stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, trembling, weakness, cold sweat, drowsiness, labored breathing, anemia, convulsions, weak and fast pulse, kidney failure, circulatory collapse, coma and death. Actaea rubra var. Has white flowers and red berries. All parts, but mostly the berries, root, and sap. Severe stomach and abdominal pains, diarrhea, vomiting, dizziness, delirium, increased pulse, and circulatory failure.