American Spikenard
Scientific Name:Aralia racemosa


NOTES: A rhizomatous, shrubby-looking, soft-stemmed, herbaceous perennial of the Ginseng family that is native to moist rich woods from Quebec to Manitoba south to Kansas, Missouri, Mississippi and Georgia.

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American Spikenard
Genus species: Aralia racemosa
Common Name: American Spikenard
Family Name: Araliaceae  
Herbs or deciduous woody vines or shrubs; leaves various, stipulate; flowers unisexual or bisexual, regular, epigynous, in umbels; fruit a berry.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Green/Brown
White
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:J.D. Mancini
Months in Bloom:  
The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming.
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