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Asarum canadense L.
Canadian wildginger

   
Symbol: ASCA
Group: Dicot
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    N



Photograph of Asarum canadense L.
Jennifer Anderson. United States, IL, Rock Island Co., Rock Island, Black Hawk State Park. 2002.
 
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Synonyms:
Asarum canadense L.

  ASAC7 Asarum acuminatum (Ashe) E.P. Bicknell
  ASCAA Asarum canadense L. var. acuminatum Ashe
  ASCAA2 Asarum canadense L. var. ambiguum (E.P. Bicknell) Farw.
  ASCAR Asarum canadense L. var. reflexum (E.P. Bicknell) B.L. Rob.
  ASRE10 Asarum reflexum E.P. Bicknell
  ASRU9 Asarum rubrocinctum Peattie
 

Distribution by State:
Asarum canadense L.

Distributional Map for Asarum canadense L.
Distribution Map Legend

Asarum canadense L. distribution:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, ON, QC)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV

 

Related Taxa:
Asarum canadense L.

3 genera in Aristolochiaceae, 6 species in Asarum
 

Classification:
Asarum canadense L.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Magnoliidae
Order   Aristolochiales
Family   Aristolochiaceae – Birthwort family
Genus   Asarum L. – wildginger
Species   Asarum canadense L. – Canadian wildginger
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Asarum canadense L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

Maine:
wild ginger Threatened
 

 

 
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