Taxon:
Asarum canadense L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:442. 1753
Verified:
08/14/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce
- Britton, N. L. & A. Brown. 1952. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, ed. 3.
- Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist
- Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
- Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 68-69.
- Duncan, W. H. & J. T. Kartesz. 1981. Vascular flora of Georgia: an annotated checklist.
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
- Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
- Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
- McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource). URL: http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/poison?p_x=px
- Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
- Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
- Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas
- Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
- Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2.
- Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora.
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
- Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania. URL: http://www.upenn.edu/paflora/dbsearch.html
- Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource). URL: https://herbarium.utk.edu/vascular/vascular-database.php?CategoryID=Dicots&FamilyID=Aristolochiaceae&GenusID=Asarum&SpeciesID=canadense
Common names
English
American wild ginger – Canada snakeroot – wild ginger – English (Canada)
wild ginger – French
asaret du Canada – gingembre sauvage – serpentaire du Canada – French (Canada)
asaret du Canada – German
kanadische Haselwurz – kanadische Schlangenwurzel – Italian
asaro – Spanish
asaro – serpentaria – Swedish
kanadensisk hasselört –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | New Brunswick | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Ontario | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Québec | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Iowa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Minnesota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Nebraska | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | North Dakota | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | n.e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | South Dakota | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Wisconsin | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Connecticut | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maine | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Massachusetts | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Michigan | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Hampshire | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Jersey | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Ohio | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Rhode Island | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Vermont | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | West Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Delaware | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Manitoba | s.e. |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | |
Native
Northern America
-
EASTERN CANADA:
Canada [Québec, Ontario, New Brunswick]
-
WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Manitoba (s.e.)]
-
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
-
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska (e.), North Dakota (e.), Oklahoma (n.e.), South Dakota (e.), Wisconsin]
-
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
Cultivated
Northern America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | essential oils | | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397# |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |