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| Genus: | Aralia |
| Family: | Araliaceae (Ginseng) |
| Life cycle: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Habitat: | part shade, shade; woods |
| Bloom season: | May - June |
| Plant height: | 8 to 24 inches |
| USDA PLANTS database: | Minnesota county distribution map |
| Spotted in Ramsey County at: |
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Flowers are in round clusters 1 to 2 inches across of white or greenish white flowers. Individual flowers are about 1/8 inch across with 5 petals that curve back and downward. There are 5 white-tipped stamens that protrude from the center. Each plant has a few (usually 3) clusters that branch off a naked stem that arises from the plant base.
Leaves are compound in groups of 3 to 7, on a long stem that arises from the leaf base. Each leaflet is 3 to 5 inches long and 2 inches across, generally oval with a sharply pointed tip and finely toothed edges that may be a little wavy. The leaves tower over the shorter stem of the flowers, hiding them from view.
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Photos taken at Long Lake Regional Park, New Brighton, MN and Wild River State Park, Center City, MN May-June 2007
Have you seen this plant in Minnesota, or have any other comments about it?
on: 2009-06-14 19:43:30
I have a lot of these in the yard of my cabin in Hovland, Cook County. I finally identified them this weekend when they were blooming. Unlike the pictures posted here, their leaves have a reddish hue against their background of aster leaves.