Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Aralia racemosa Linnaeus subsp. bicrenata (Wooton & Standley) Welsh & Atwood
(American Spikenard)
Family: Araliaceae
Status: Native
Synonyms:
Aralia bicrenata Wooton & Standley
Aralia racemosa has small greenish-white flowers and nearly round fruit. The leaves are dentate and compound. This is the only native species of Araliaceae in the Gila Wilderness.
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Aralia racemosa subsp. bicrenata, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, & Mark Donnell,
Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 4, 2007
Aralia racemosa subsp. bicrenata, fruit, photo Russ Kleinman, West Fork of the Gila River,
about one mile west of Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Sept. 27, 2008
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