Asarum canadense Linnaeus

Asarum canadense Linnaeus is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 1997.

Vernacular names

• asaret du Canada Darbyshire et al., 2000
• asaret gingembre Lamoureux, 2002
• gingembre sauvage Marie-Victorin, 1995
• snicroûte Louis-Marie, 1953

• Canada wild ginger ITIS, 2010
• wild ginger Darbyshire et al., 2000

Synonyms

• Asarum acuminatum (Ashe) E.P. Bicknell FNA Ed. Comm., 1997
• Asarum canadense Linnaeus var. canadense TROPICOS
• Asarum canadense var. acuminatum Ashe FNA Ed. Comm., 1997
• Asarum canadense var. ambiguum (E.P. Bicknell) Farwell FNA Ed. Comm., 1997
• Asarum canadense var. reflexum (E.P. Bicknell) B.L. Robinson FNA Ed. Comm., 1997
• Asarum reflexum E.P. Bicknell FNA Ed. Comm., 1997
• Asarum rubrocinctum Peattie FNA Ed. Comm., 1997

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Magnolianae
Order	Piperales
Family	Aristolochiaceae
Subfamily	Asaroideae
Tribe	Asareae
Genus	Asarum
Section	Asarum sect. Asarum
Species	Asarum canadense

Habit

Herb