Maire's actaea

A clump-forming herbaceous perennial 1-2m high with triangular green leaves which are up to 30cm wide and 2- or 3-ternate-pinnate with diamond-shaped, usually lobed, toothed leaflets, and branched racemes, to 45cm long, of small, greenish, cream-white flowers in summer followed by grey felted capsules with brown seeds; the scent of the leaves and flowers is considered unpleasant by some