Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asarum canadense
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Asarum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asca_001_lvd
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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.
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Tim Spira tps_acanadense1
March
Flower solitary, arising between the petioles. Petioles villous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm0405h_17
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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
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Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Piedmont of NC-SC, rare in Coastal Plain of NC-SC)
Look for it in rich deciduous forests in circumneutral soils, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p105
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p115
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p105
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p180
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p146
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p116
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p195
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p475
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p137
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p002
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p053
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p062
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p028
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p047
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p336
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p031