Scientific Name: Oplopanax horridus
Common Name: devil's club
Family Name: Araliaceae
Origin: B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Shrub - deciduous
Mature Size: 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Vase
Texture: Very coarse
Landscape Uses: Medicinal plant, Native planting, Security/barrier, Waterside planting, Wetland - bogs, Woodland margin
Exposure: Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil or Media: Acidic, Bog
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Spiraled, Leathery, Rugose, Orbicular, Palmately lobed, Serrate
Flowers: Umbel, White, Green-yellow, Jun
Fruit: Drupe, Red, Jul-Aug, (Persistent)
Key ID Features:
Stems, petioles, and veins on underside of leaves covered in sharp prickles; leaves spirally arranged, rounded, most 15-25cm wide, palmate venation with 5-13 lobes; florets small with five greenish-white petals, in dense umbels 10-20cm wide; drupes red, 4-7mm wide.