Araliaceae FAMILY

Aralia nudicaulis

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aralia nudicaulis is a stemless, herbaceous perennial plant growing 35 - to 70cm tall from long, horizontal rhizomes that can spread and form colonies. Although the habit of the plant is described as herbaceous, it is woody in essence, because it has a woody horizontal rhizome and a short upright woody stem. It has been remarked that the plant behaves like an underground or buried shrub[ 1050 Title Fire Effects Information System Publication Author Website http://www.feis-crs.org/feis/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line information site with comprehensive information on over 1,100 species of plant. Mainly developed to supply information on the effects of fire on plants and animals, it also contains a wealth of other information on the plants , 1075 Title Systematics and Biogeography of Aralia L. (Araliaceae): Revision of Aralia Sects. Aralia, Humiles, Nanae, and Sciado Publication Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol 57 pp 1 - 172 Author Jun Wen Website http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/pubs/CUSNH/ Publisher Smithsonian Institute; Washington Year 2011 ISBN 0097-1618 Description A detailed revision of four sections of the genus Aralia. ]. The plant is often harvested from the wild for use as a medicine and a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeN. America - Yukon to Newfoundland, south to Tennessee and Georgia

HabitatMoist, shady, rocky woods[ 4 Title A Modern Herbal. Publication Author Grieve. Publisher Penguin Year 1984 ISBN 0-14-046-440-9 Description Not so modern (1930's?) but lots of information, mainly temperate plants. , 21 Title The Herb Book. Publication Author Lust. J. Publisher Bantam books Year 1983 ISBN 0-553-23827-2 Description Lots of information tightly crammed into a fairly small book. ]. Moist or dry woods, thickets, riparian areas, margins of prairies, or bog edges; at elevations from 50 - 2,700 metres[ 1075 Title Systematics and Biogeography of Aralia L. (Araliaceae): Revision of Aralia Sects. Aralia, Humiles, Nanae, and Sciado Publication Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol 57 pp 1 - 172 Author Jun Wen Website http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/pubs/CUSNH/ Publisher Smithsonian Institute; Washington Year 2011 ISBN 0097-1618 Description A detailed revision of four sections of the genus Aralia. ].