American spikenard
Aralia racemosa L.
- light
- Shade
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.8 m
- wide
- 1.2 m
Araliaceae
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. & E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Shade (under 3 h)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 1.8 mRead from Wikipedia and Plants for a Future, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Wikipedia 1–2 m; Plants for a Future 1.8–1.8 m
- Spread
- 1.2 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Welsh
- aralia America
- Finnish
- terttuaralia
- Chinese
- 总序土当归
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Aralia racemosa (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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