LeavesBasal, pinnately compound; petiolules 9-30 cm long, 10-40 cm wide; leaflets 3-7, egg-shaped or elliptic-lance-shaped, pointed tips, bases unequal, 3-20 cm long, 2.5-14 cm wide, margins finely serrate, colour changes from copper-green to a dull green; junction between petiole and petiolules slightly hairyFlowersInflorescence an umbel, 8-50 flowers; flowers radially symmetric; sepals 5, distinct, less than 0.5 mm long; petals 5, distinct, 3 mm long, 3 mm wide, white, reflexed; stamens 5, filaments white, anthers white; pistils 1, ovary inferiorFruits and SeedsDrupe, green maturing to dark purple, star-shaped in cross section, 6-8 mm long, 4-8 mm wide; seeds brown, oval, flattened, 5-6.7 mm long, 2.7-3mm wide
Scientific NameAralia nudicaulis L.
Common Name
wild sarsaparilla
General Description
Perennial herb, stem leafless, 15-60 cm, two stem-like projections arising from a short, thick caudex packaged within a rhizomeLeaves
Basal, pinnately compound; petiolules 9-30 cm long, 10-40 cm wide; leaflets 3-7, egg-shaped or elliptic-lance-shaped, pointed tips, bases unequal, 3-20 cm long, 2.5-14 cm wide, margins finely serrate, colour changes from…
Basal, pinnately compound; petiolules 9-30 cm long, 10-40 cm wide; leaflets 3-7, egg-shaped or elliptic-lance-shaped, pointed tips, bases unequal, 3-20 cm long, 2.5-14 cm wide, margins finely serrate, colour changes from copper-green to a dull green; junction between petiole and petiolules slightly hairy
Flowers
Inflorescence an umbel, 8-50 flowers; flowers radially symmetric; sepals 5, distinct, less than 0.5 mm long; petals 5, distinct, 3 mm long, 3 mm wide, white, reflexed; stamens 5, filaments white, anthers white; pistils 1,…
Inflorescence an umbel, 8-50 flowers; flowers radially symmetric; sepals 5, distinct, less than 0.5 mm long; petals 5, distinct, 3 mm long, 3 mm wide, white, reflexed; stamens 5, filaments white, anthers white; pistils 1, ovary inferior
Fruits and Seeds
Drupe, green maturing to dark purple, star-shaped in cross section, 6-8 mm long, 4-8 mm wide; seeds brown, oval, flattened, 5-6.7 mm long, 2.7-3mm wide
Phenology
Flowers from May to July
Range/Distribution
Alberta: Widspread in the Aspen Parkland and Boreal Forest of central and northern Alberta
CAN (BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT); USA (CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC,…
Alberta: Widspread in the Aspen Parkland and Boreal Forest of central and northern Alberta
CAN (BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT); USA (CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY); FRA (SPM)
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Page Citation for Aralia nudicaulis L.
Page Citation
"Species Details - Aralia nudicaulis L., University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/1-4926. Accessed 09 May. 2024.
Specimen Information
There are 118 specimens of this Species.
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