Eleutherococcus setulosus

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|status = EN

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = China Plant Specialist Group. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/46457/0 Eleutherococcus setulosus.] The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004. Downloaded on 16 September 2015.

|genus = Eleutherococcus

|species = setulosus

|authority = (Franchet) S. Y. HuS. Y. Hu, J. Arnold Arbor. 61: 110. 1980.

|synonyms =

• Acanthopanax setulosus Franchet
• Acanthopanax zhejiangensis X. J. Xue & S. T. Fang
• Eleutherococcus asperatus'' (Franch. & Sav.) Koidz.
• Eleutherococcus pseudosetulosus C. H. Kim & B. Y. Sun
• Eleutherococcus zhejiangensis (X. J. Xue & S. T. Fang) H. Ohashi

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Eleutherococcus setulosus is a plant species in the family Araliaceae. It is native to the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Gansu, Sichuan and Zhejiang.{{cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242320215 |title=Eleutherococcus setulosus |author=Qibai Xiang & Porter P. Lowry |work=Flora of China |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA |accessdate=25 October 2014}}

The species is a shrub up to {{cvt|5|m}} tall, with densely bristled branches and with prickles along the base of the petioles. Flowers are born in axillary umbels.