Asarum canadense L.
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
- Birthwort family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Asarum canadense L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 1: 442. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Canadian wildginger
English name: American wild ginger English name: Canada snakeroot
Spanish name: serpentaria
French name: serpentaire du Canada
Italian name: asaro
German name: kanadische Schlangenwurzel
Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Asarum acuminatum (Ashe) E.P. Bicknell
= Asarum canadense L. var. acuminatum Ashe
= Asarum canadense L. var. ambiguum (E.P. Bicknell) Farw.
= Asarum canadense L. var. reflexum (E.P. Bicknell) B.L. Rob.
= Asarum reflexum E.P. Bicknell
= Asarum rubrocinctum Peattie
Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Asarum canadense L. var. acuminatum Ashe
2) Asarum canadense L. var. ambiguum (E.P. Bicknell) Farw.
3) Asarum canadense L. var. reflexum (E.P. Bicknell) B.L. Rob.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Order: Aristolochiales
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Genus: Asarum
Species:
Page counter: 291 ( AVG: 222.31 / 291.376 )
Gallery:
Asarum canadense
Jennifer Anderson - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
Asarum canadense
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 642.
Asarum canadense
Jennifer Anderson - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
Asarum canadense
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 643.
Asarum canadense
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
Asarum canadense
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Asarum canadense
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 642.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
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)
Map for Asarum canadense L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Asarum canadense L. var. acuminatum Ashe [95]
2) Asarum canadense L. var. reflexum (E.P. Bicknell) B.L. Rob. [110]
3) Asarum contractum (Blomquist) Barringer [94]
4) Asarum memmingeri Ashe [139]
5) Asarum rubrocinctum Peattie [92]
6) Asclepias auriculata (Engelm. ex Torr.) Holz. [138]
7) Asclepias capricornu Woodson [183]
8) Asclepias decumbens (Nutt.) Decne. [174]
9) Asclepias fruticosa L. [2651]
10) Asclepias lanuginosa Nutt. [971]
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