Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Asarum reflexum
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
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Asarum canadense var. reflexum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asarum reflexum
COMMON NAME:
Reflexed Wild Ginger
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asre10_001_lvd
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David Campbell mdc_a_reflexum
April Berkeley County SC
Floodplain
Calyx lobes 5-10(12)mm long, strongly reflexed, often ~ appressed against tube, per Weakley's Flora.
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David Campbell mdc_a_reflexum_habitat
May Laurens County SC
Floodplain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Asarum reflexum
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
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Asarum canadense var. reflexum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asarum reflexum
3675
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Common in Piedmont (mostly rare elesewhere)
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.
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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