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Photographer: Robert R. Kowal
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Family Araliaceae
Aralia hispida Vent.
bristly sarsaparilla
Aralia: Latinization of an old French-Canadian name aralie which probably came from Iroquois Indian language
hispida: fine-hairy
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 6"-36" tall forb; stems leafy and bristly below |
| Flower: | yellow to white, 5-parted; inflorescence with usually 2-25 loosely-clustered, rounded umbels; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | blackish, berry-like |
| Leaf: | twice pinnately-divided, sharply toothed, the stalks shorter than the leaf blade |
| Habitat: | dry; woods; in sandy, sterile soil |
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