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Read more about Spikenard at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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May Polk County NC
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May Polk County NC
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May Polk County NC
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May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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July Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaflets large and heart-shaped at the base, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Greenish-white flowers in a long branching cluster of umbels, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Sepals ca. 0.3mm long; petals white ca. 1mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Leaves pinnately compound or ternately and pinnately decompound, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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September Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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September Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Fruits are dark purple drupes, about 0.2" across, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.