Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Aralia bicrenata Wooton & Standley
(American Spikenard)
Family: Araliaceae
Status: Native
Synonyms:
Aralia racemosa Linnaeus subsp. bicrenata (Wooton & Standley) Welsh & Atwood
Aralia bicrenata 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 bicrenata, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, & Mark Donnell,
Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 4, 2007
Aralia bicrenata, fruit, photo Russ Kleinman, West Fork of the Gila River,
about one mile west of Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Sept. 27, 2008
Aralia bicrenata, foliage, photo Radha Veach, Bursum Road N of Mogollon, Sept. 29, 2022
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