Witnessed by: Western

Wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis), of the Araliaceae family. Stemless-seeming perennial, one long-stalked compound leaf over a naked flowering scape, from a long aromatic rhizome; native range: moist woods across northern and eastern North America. Globally recognized as wild sarsaparilla, false sarsaparilla, small spikenard, rabbit root in English. The part used is rhizome (root). Long aromatic rootstock, sweetish and pleasantly balsamic.

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