Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asarum canadense
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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Learn more about Asarum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asarum canadense
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-02-001:
Asarum canadense
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asarum canadense
COMMON NAME:
Canada Wild Ginger
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JK Marlow jkm120326_989
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Leaves deciduous, membranous, pubescent, cordate to reniform, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Tim Spira tps_acanadense1
March
Flower solitary, arising between the petioles. Petioles villous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm170408_492
April Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Plants spread both by seeds and by rhizomes, sometimes in dense carpets, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
Keith Bradley kab_asarum_canadense_2619
April Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
False calyx tube cylindric, externally hirsute (often densely), per Flora of North America.
Keith Bradley kab_asarum_canadense_5195
April Watauga County NC
Daniel Boone Native Gardens
Calyx lobes acuminate to short-caudate, 10-25mm long, spreading, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_asarum_canadense
April
Leaves pubescent, petioles villous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asarum canadense
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asarum canadense
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-02-001:
Asarum canadense
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asarum canadense