| Devil's Club | |
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| Devil's club in Juneau, Alaska | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Genus: | Oplopanax |
| Species: | O. horridus
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| Binomial name | |
| Oplopanax horridus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Echinopanax horridum[1] | |
Devil's club or Devil's walking stick (Oplopanax horridus, Araliaceae; syn. Echinopanax horridus, Fatsia horrida)[2] is a large understory shrub native to the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, but also disjunct on islands in Lake Superior. It is noted for its large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in noxious and irritating spines. It is also known as Alaskan ginseng and similar names, although it is not a true ginseng.
- ^ Hulten, Eric (1968). Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-0643-8.
- ^ Pojar, Jim; Andy MacKinnon (1994). Plants of Coastal British Columbia. BC Ministry of Forests and Lone Pine Publishing. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-55105-042-3.