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Survives zone 3 through 7
⚠ Ripe berries only, cooked; roots medicinal, not food. Roots are medicinal, not food · Do not confuse with Aralia cordata, whose berries are cautioned against ⚠ Caution: Ripe berries only, cooked, in moderation (jelly/wine)
- Hardiness
- Zone 3 to 7
- Habit
- Herb
- Edible part
- Root, Fruit
- Ripens
- Late summer
- Mature size
- Herbaceous perennial 1–2 m
- Light
- Shade to partial
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.0
- Environment
- Woodland
- Status
- Wild
- Years to fruit
- 2–3 yrs
- Pollination
- Self-fertile (family default)