Devil's Walkingstick

Aralia spinosa

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Botanical name
Aralia spinosa
Also known as
American Angelica-Tree, Devil's Walking-Stick, Devil's Walkingstick, Hercules'-Club, Prickly-Ash
Family
Araliaceae
Genus
Aralia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Devil's Walkingstick

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Aralia spinosa but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Aralia georgica Aralia leroana Aralia spinosa f. subinermis Aralia spinosa var. glabra Aralia spinosa var. inermis Aralia spinosa var. subinermis Chaerophyllum arborescens Myrrhis arborescens

Others in Aralia

Aralia bahiana
Aralia apioides
Aralia bipinnata var. bipinnata
Aralia caesia
Aralia californica
California Spikenard
Aralia dasyphylloides
Aralia decaisneana
Aralia devendrae

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