#devils walking stick

• Aralia spinosa — The scientific binomial name for Hercules' club or devil's walking stick, a large deciduous shrub or small tree in the Araliaceae family, native to the eastern United States. It is recognized in botany by stems and branches armed with very sharp prickles, exceptionally large bipinnate compound leaves (among the largest in North American flora), and massive terminal paniculate inflorescences of white flowers followed by dark purple berries favored by wildlife.