| |
Spikenard
By LoveToKnow
Spikenard (Nardostachys) - There are two kinds, but only one is in cultivation, N. Jatamansi, a pretty little perennial plant, hardy, and very attractive when well grown in the rock garden.
Spikenard
Related Category: Plants
(spk´närd), name for several plants.
Spikenard has dark purple berries in large clusters. The berries in the photo are a lighter purple, as they are not quite ripe.
Spikenard, Californian
Botanical: Aralia Californica
Aralia Californica or Californian Spikenard may be used for same purposes as the other species. It is very like A. racemosa, but bigger in herbage and root.
American Spikenard
Scientific Name: Aralia racemosa L.
Synonym:
Family: Araliaceae ...
American Spikenard
Aralia racemosa
The large, tapered flower clusters of this 2-5 ft. perennial are made up of many tiny white flowers, each with a tinge of yellow or green. They grow upright above large compound foliage on heavy, leafy stems.
Aralia racemosa
(Spikenard) Be the first to rate this plant
Hardiness Zones:
1 ...
(Spikenard)
Arisaema sp. (Cobra Lily, Jack in the Pulpit)
Artemisia sp. (Artemisia)
Arum sp. (Lords and Ladies)
Arundo donax (Reed Grass)
Asarum sp. (Wild Ginger)
Aspidistra sp. (Cast Iron Plant)
Athyrium sp. (Lady Fern) ...
Common name: American Mint, Bush mint, Chan, Horehound, Pignut, stinking Roger, Wild spikenard - Hindi: विलायती तुलसी vilaiti tulsi - Marathi: भुस्त्रैण bhustrena, दर्प तुळस darp tulas, ...
Nombres relacionados: American Spikenard (ingls), Aralia californica (similar), Aralia nudicaulis (similar), Araliaceae (familia), Espinacardo (castellano), Indian root (ingls), Life of man (ingls), Nard indien (francs), ...
Aralia nudicaulis. Wild Sarsaparilla or Spikenard. Glacier National Park.
There are more
Ginseng Family pictures
at the Texas A&M Biometrics Experimental Database.
Liliaceae / Lily Feathery False Lily of the Valley (Maianthemum racemosum)
Feathery False Lily of the Valley is also known as False Solomon's Seal, False Spikenard and Solomon's Plume.
nudicaulis, from the Latin nudus, "bare, naked", and the Greek, kaulos (kaulos), "stem"; hence "bare stem"
Sarsaparilla, from ?
Other common names include Aralia, False Sarsaparilla, Wild Sarsaparilla, Shot Bush, Small Spikenard, Wild Liquorice, ...
Petty Whin, Pheasant's-Eye, Pick-a-back Plant, Pigmy Rush, Pignut, Pill Sedge, Pineapple Mayweed, Pink Oxalis, Pink Purslane, Pink Water Speedwell, Pipewort, Pirri-pirri Bur, Pirri-pirri Bur, Pittosporum, Plicate Sweet-grass, Ploughman's Spikenard, ...
Spearmint (Mentha spicata)
Spikenard (Nardostachys grandiflora or N. jatamansi)
Star anise (Illicium verum)
Sumac (Rhus coriaria)
Sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum)
Szechuan pepper, Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum) ...
The hairy portion of the stem, just above the roots, has a strong aroma somewhat like patchouli[245]. The fresh root is fragrant, but the scent becomes more pronounced as the root dries[245]. This plant is the spikenard of the Ancients, ...
Stamens: 6, attached to the base of the perianth segments.
Pistils: Ovary superior; stigma 3-parted.
Fruits: Berries red, spherical, up to 1/4 inch in diameter.
Notes: This species is also known as false spikenard.
 See also: Green, May, Aralia, Medic, Devil
|
