Common Name: GINSENG FAMILY Habit: Perennial herb, shrub, tree, woody vine; juvenile, flower plants generally unlike. Stem: generally branched. Leaf: simple or compound, generally alternate; stipules +- fused to +- sheathing, petiole base or 0. Inflorescence: umbels 1 to panicled; bracts deciduous or not. Flower: generally bisexual, generally radial, generally < 5 mm; sepals generally 5, fused at base, inconspicuous, persistent; petals generally 5, free, +- white to green, deciduous; stamens generally 5, generally alternate petals; ovary inferior, chambers 1--15, 1-ovuled, styles as many as chambers, free or fused, persistent. Fruit: berry or drupe, occasionally flat, dry. Genera In Family: 47 genera, 1350 species: especially tropics, subtropics medicinal (e.g., Panax, ginseng; Aralia, sarsaparilla), ornamental (e.g., Aralia, Fatsia, Hedera, Polyscias). eFlora Treatment Author: Robert E. Preston & Elizabeth McClintock, except as noted Scientific Editor: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Common Name: SPIKENARD Stem: erect. Leaf: 1--3-pinnate, deciduous; stipule +- fused to petiole base. Inflorescence: umbels in clusters of 2--few or in spreading panicles. Fruit: berry. Seed: 3--5. Etymology: (Latinized from old French Canadian, Aralie)
Aralia californica S. Watson
NATIVE Habit: Perennial herb; roots large; sap milky. Stem: 2--3 m, stout. Leaf: 1--3-pinnate, 1--2 m, +- glabrous; petiole < 3 dm; leaflets 15--30 cm, ovate to oblong, serrate, base +- cordate. Inflorescence: 30--45 cm. Fruit: +- 5 mm, spheric, black. Chromosomes: 2n=48. Ecology: Moist shade, canyons, stream sides; Elevation: < 2500 m. Bioregional Distribution: KR, NCoR, CaRH, n SN, SnFrB, SCoR, TR, PR; Distribution Outside California: Oregon. Flowering Time: Jun--Aug Jepson eFlora Author: Robert E. Preston & Elizabeth McClintock Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Aralia Next taxon: Hedera
Botanical illustration including Aralia californica
Citation for this treatment: Robert E. Preston & Elizabeth McClintock 2012, Aralia californica, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=13860, accessed on April 18, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 18, 2024.
Geographic subdivisions for Aralia californica:
KR, NCoR, CaRH, n SN, SnFrB, SCoR, TR, PR
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