Araliaceae
Devil's club
Oplopanax horridus
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Genus
- Oplopanax
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Common names
By language (10)
- Danish
- Tornpanax
- English
- Devil's club, Devil's-club, Devilsclub
- Finnish
- Pirunnuija
- French
- Bois piquant
- German
- Igelkraftwurz
- Icelandic
- Þyrnistokkur
- Japanese
- デビルス・クラブ
- Polish
- Kolcosił straszliwy
- Russian
- Заманиха ощетиненная
- Swedish
- Djävulsklubba
Synonyms
- Aralia erinacea Hook.
- Aralia occidentalis Schltdl. ex Ledeb.
- Echinopanax horridus (Sm.) Decne. & Planch. ex Harms
- Fatsia horrida (Sm.) Hemsl.
- Horsfieldia horrida (Sm.) Seem.
- Panax horridus Sm.
- Ricinophyllum americanum Pall. ex Ledeb.
- Ricinophyllum horridum (Sm.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 305 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Erin Springinotic, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Megan Blackmore, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Brew, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jim Kingdon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brodie Cass Talbott, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Casey H. Richart, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: nbonzey, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nelson Balcar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.