PLANTS Profile for Aralia racemosa ssp. bicrenata (American spikenard)

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PLANTS Profile

Aralia racemosa L. ssp. bicrenata (Woot. & Standl.) S.L. Welsh & N.D. Atwood
American spikenard

Symbol:

ARRAB2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Araliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Aralia racemosa L. ssp. bicrenata (Woot. & Standl.) S.L. Welsh & N.D. Atwood

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Synonyms:
Aralia racemosa L. ssp. bicrenata (Woot. & Standl.) S.L. Welsh & N.D. Atwood

ARBI6

Aralia bicrenata Woot. & Standl.

Distribution:
Aralia racemosa L. ssp. bicrenata (Woot. & Standl.) S.L. Welsh & N.D. Atwood


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USA (AZ, CO, NM, TX, UT)

Related Taxa:
Aralia racemosa L. ssp. bicrenata (Woot. & Standl.) S.L. Welsh & N.D. Atwood

View 18 genera in Araliaceae, 9 species in Aralia, 2 subspecies in Aralia racemosa L.

Classification:
Aralia racemosa L. ssp. bicrenata (Woot. & Standl.) S.L. Welsh & N.D. Atwood

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Apiales
Family	Araliaceae – Ginseng family
Genus	Aralia L. – spikenard
Species	Aralia racemosa L. – American spikenard
Subspecies	Aralia racemosa L. ssp. bicrenata (Woot. & Standl.) S.L. Welsh & N.D. Atwood – American spikenard

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Aralia racemosa L. ssp. bicrenata (Woot. & Standl.) S.L. Welsh & N.D. Atwood

The related entity italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Rhode Island:
Aralia racemosa
spikenard		Special Concern

More Accounts and Images:
Aralia racemosa L. ssp. bicrenata (Woot. & Standl.) S.L. Welsh & N.D. Atwood

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 184744.

Time Generated: 11/02/2008 05:20 PM MST