| 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; flowers small with five greenish-white petals, in dense umbels 10-20cm wide; drupes red, 4-7mm wide. | |