Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asarum canadense
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Asarum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asarum canadense
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Asarum canadense
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Asarum canadense
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-02-001:
Asarum canadense FAMILY Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Asarum canadense var. ambiguum
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Asarum canadense var. canadense
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asarum canadense
COMMON NAME:
Common Wild Ginger, Canada Wild Ginger
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asca_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_asarum_canadense_5195
April Watauga County NC
Daniel Boone Native Gardens
Calyx tube 4-10mm long; calyx lobes acuminate to short-caudate, 10-25mm long, spreading, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Keith Bradley kab_asarum_canadense_5208
April Watauga County NC
Daniel Boone Native Gardens
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_asarum_canadense
April
Leaves pubescent, petioles villous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Ron Lance rwl_asarumcanadensis
April Jackson County NC
Each plant has 2 kidney-shaped leaves with cordate bases, on long petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm0405h_17
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asarum canadense
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asarum canadense
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Asarum canadense
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Asarum canadense
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-02-001:
Asarum canadense
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Asarum canadense var. ambiguum
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Asarum canadense var. canadense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asarum canadense
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich deciduous forests in circumneutral soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems). Leaves alternate (may appear opposite
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Spring
Maroon/ Brownish-purple
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
3-lobed campanulate calyx
Petals absent, usually
12 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p105
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p115
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p105
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p180
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p218
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p146
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p116
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p475
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p137
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p002
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p062
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p043
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p028
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p047
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p336
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p031
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