Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Spikenard at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aralia racemosa
FAMILY
Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa
FAMILY
Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 139-03-003:
Aralia racemosa
FAMILY
Araliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Spikenard
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Look for it in rich woodlands, trail margins & roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Perennial
Polygamous
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Uncommon
...Moist
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems and leaves unarmed
LEAVES:
Pinnately compound, or complexly compound with pinnate and ternate compoundness
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual & unisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences large axillary panicles comprised of many small umbels
FRUIT:
Summer
Dark purple
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p103
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p136
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p224
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p013
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p126
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p164
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p206
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p111
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