WorldFloraDB - Aralia hispida

Characteristics

Perennial to 1.5 m from a stout rhizome, sometimes overwintering 1–5 dm above the ground, sharply bristly near the base; lvs few, on petioles usually shorter than the blade, bipinnate; lfls oblong to ovate or lanceolate, to 10 cm, acute or short-acuminate, sharply serrate; umbels several in a loose, open, terminal infl; styles connate half-length; fr globose, nearly black; 2n=24. Dry woods, especially in sandy or sterile soil; Nf. and Que. to Hudson Bay and Minn., s. to N.J., W.Va., and n. Ind. June, July.

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A shrub. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1 m tall. It has sharp stiff bristles at the base. The leaves are twice divided. The leaflets are oval and have teeth along the edge. The flowers are small and greenish white. They grow in round clusters. The fruit are dark berries. They have a bad smell.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

1.0

Root system

rhizome

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In Canada it grows in sandy, open woods. It suits hardiness zone 3.

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Rocky or sandy sterile soils, Alberta to Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The rhizomes are used to make tea and root beer. The fruit are used to flavour beer.

Uses	environmental use medicinal tea
Edible	fruits rhizomes roots
Therapeutic use	Heart Medicine (root), Unspecified (root), Alterative (root), Tonic (root)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-40
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-