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Canadian Wildginger (Asarum canadense)

  • Canadian Wildginger (Asarum Canadense) https://www.sagebud.com/canadian-wildginger-asarum-canadense/
    Credit: uwdigitalcollections | Asarum canadense, Ca...Uploaded by JoJan | License: CC-BY-2.0
  • Canadian Wildginger (Asarum Canadense) https://www.sagebud.com/canadian-wildginger-asarum-canadense/
    Credit: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown | An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 643. NRCS Plants Profile | License: PD USDA NRCS
  • Canadian Wildginger (Asarum Canadense) https://www.sagebud.com/canadian-wildginger-asarum-canadense/
    Credit: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown | An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 642. NRCS Plants Profile | License: PD USDA NRCS
  • Canadian Wildginger (Asarum Canadense) https://www.sagebud.com/canadian-wildginger-asarum-canadense/
    Credit: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown | An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 642. NRCS Plants Profile | License: PD USDA NRCS
  • Canadian Wildginger (Asarum Canadense) https://www.sagebud.com/canadian-wildginger-asarum-canadense/
    Credit: Earthdirt Please attribute work to: Chris S. Packard | Own work | License: CC-BY-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Canadian Wildginger (Asarum Canadense) https://www.sagebud.com/canadian-wildginger-asarum-canadense/
    Credit: Earthdirt Please attribute work to: Chris S. Packard | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Canadian Wildginger (Asarum Canadense) https://www.sagebud.com/canadian-wildginger-asarum-canadense/
    Credit: Michael Wolf | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL
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Asarum Canadense, or more commonly know as Canadian Wildginger, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Asarum. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Asarum Canadense or Canadian Wildginger's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont and Wisconsin.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Asarum
  • Family: Aristolochiaceae
  • Order: Aristolochiales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (N)
  • State T/E Status: ME (T)
  • State T/E Common Name: ME (wild ginger)





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