Schema: Aralia racemosa.
Classic texts: Madaus 1938: the pics.
Classic texts: Madaus 1938: the pics.
Classic texts: Madaus 1938: the pics.
Classic texts: Madaus 1938: the pics.
Classic texts: Rafinesque 1828: the pics.
Classic texts: Madaus 1938: the pics.
Flower and seed clusters. Gothenburg bot.g., Sweden. Planted. 2007-07-12.
Flowerstalk and leaf. Gothenburg bot.g., Sweden. Planted. 2007-07-12.
Plant. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 1999-09-07.
Closeup of spiny leaf. Kobe municipal arboretum, Japan. Wild. 2001-05-11.
Closeup of stem, with spines. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 1999-09-07.
Closeup of flower. Chelsea Physic Garden, London, UK. Planted. 1997-07-01.
Green and ripe berries. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2006-09-09.
Berries and bark. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2006-09-09.
Plant in berry. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2006-09-09.
Small tree, starting to show its autumn colour. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2006-09-09.
Flowers and ripening berries, hidden among the leaf. Goslar, Germany. Planted. 2004-09-20.
Leaf and trunk. It's an angelica tree (Aralia elata, spinosa, chinensis) but I don't know which of them. Goslar, Germany. Planted. 2004-09-20.
Plant in fruit. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2004-09-17.
Leaf and berry clusters. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2004-09-17.
var. nuda. Young tree. Korkeasaari, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2004-08-11.
Classic texts: Harding 1936: the pics.
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