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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aralia spinosa
FAMILY
Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aralia spinosa
FAMILY
Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 139-03-001:
Aralia spinosa
FAMILY
Araliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Devil's Walkingstick, Hercules-club, Prickly Aralia, Prickly-ash
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June McCormick County SC
Leaves glabrous or glabrate [here note the widely spaced trichomes], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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July Oconee County SC
Roadside
Leaves bipinnately compound, 2 to 4' long; leaflets toothed, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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July Oconee County SC
Roadside
Many-flowered terminal panicles, 3-4' long, appear in late summer, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
JK Marlow jkm0308t_01
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
The trunk has strong prickles, unless quite large, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
JK Marlow jkm120815_905
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Usually 5 stamens; 5 stigmas; 5 styles fused basally, then separate & recurved, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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November Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Fruit is a black drupe with reddish juice, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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November Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaf scar nearly encircles twig, often w a row of prickles surrounding it, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.