Plants Profile for Asarum canadense (Canadian wildginger)

General Information
Symbol:	ASCA
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Aristolochiaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Jennifer Anderson. United States, IL, Rock Island Co., Rock Island, Black Hawk State Park. 2002. Usage Requirements.

Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Muscatine Co., Muscatine, Wild Cat Den State Park. 2002. Usage Requirements.

©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, DC, Washington. Usage Requirements.

©Elaine Haug. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, VA, Manassas, Lake Jackson. Usage Requirements.

©Richard A. Howard. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. United States, MI, Dearborn. Usage Requirements.

©W.L. Wagner. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

©William S. Justice. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 642. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 643. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
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

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Maine wild ginger Threatened

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	UPL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	UPL