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Asarum canadense


Taxonomy

Family:

Aristolochiaceae (birthwort)

 

Subfamily:

Asaroideae


Nativity

Native

Status

 

Habitat

Understory of deciduous forests. Partial sun or full shade.

Flowering

April to June

Flower Color

Reddish brown

Height

2 to 12


Identification

This is a 2 to 12 tall, erect, perennial forb rising from shallow, horizontal rhizomes. It is usually found in colonies.

A short stem branches at the ground level into two thick, densely hairy, 2¼ to 8 long leaf stalks.

The leaves are basal, bright green, slightly hairy, and shiny on the upper surface. They are kidney-shaped to heart-shaped, deeply indented at the base, 1½ to 3 long and 3 to 5½ wide. The blade is irregularly curved, wavy, or crinkled, making it appear distinctly 3-dimensional.

A single ¾ to 1½ wide flower rises from the leaf axil on a densely-hairy, ½ to 1¼ flower stalk. It lies close to the ground and is often hidden by the leaves.

The sepals are reddish brown with a whitish center. They are fused for two-thirds of their length into a bell-shaped tube, which divides at the top into three lobes. The lobes are bent backward. Beyond their middle the lobes curve upwards and narrow gradually to the tip, with the margins rolled backward to the underside. The rolled tips are from a little less than ¼ to ¾ long.

 
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Sightings

Afton State Park

Carley State Park

Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNA

Cannon Wilderness Woods

Chamberlain Woods SNA

Charles A. Lindbergh State Park

Crow Wing State Park

Elm Creek Park Reserve

Falls Creek SNA

Flandrau State Park

Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park

Hardscrabble Woods/MG Tusler
Sanctuary

Hayes Lake State Park

John A. Latsch State Park

Lebanon Hills Regional Park

Long Meadow Lake

Louisville Swamp

Lutsen SNA

Miesville Ravine Park Reserve

Mille Lacs Kathio State Park

Myhr Creek Ridge SNA

Myre-Big Island State Park

Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park

Partch Woods SNA

Pin Oak Prairie SNA

Prairie Creek Woods SNA

Rushford Sand Barrens SNA

Sakatah Lake State Park

Sibley State Park

Townsend Woods SNA

Wolsfeld Woods SNA

Zumbro Falls Woods SNA

Wild River State Park


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Synonyms

Asarum acuminatum

Asarum ambiguum

Asarum canadense var. acuminatum

Asarum canadense var. ambiguum

Asarum canadense var. reflexum

Asarum furcatum

Asarum medium

Asarum parvifolium

Asarum reflexum

Asarum rubrocinctum

 
Common
Names

American wild ginger

Canada snakeroot

Canadian wild ginger

Canadian wildginger

snakeroot

wild ginger

wildginger

wild-ginger


 

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