OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Asarum canadense   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae   Go to FSUS key

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

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

        

image of Asarum canadense, Common Wild Ginger, Canada Wild Ginger

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).

image of Asarum canadense, Common Wild Ginger, Canada Wild Ginger

Keith Bradley    kab_asarum_canadense_5208

April    Watauga County    NC

Daniel Boone Native Gardens

image of Asarum canadense, Common Wild Ginger, Canada Wild Ginger

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_asarum_canadense

April        

Leaves pubescent, petioles villous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Asarum canadense, Common Wild Ginger, Canada Wild Ginger

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).

image of Asarum canadense, Common Wild Ginger, Canada Wild Ginger

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
 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

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems). Leaves alternate (may appear opposite

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Spring
Maroon/ Brownish-purple
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
3-lobed campanulate calyx
Petals absent, usually
12 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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