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Aristolochiaceae
Asarum

Asarum Linnaeus. Common name: Wild Ginger.

Key to Asarum

A genus of about 10 species, perennial herbs, of temperate North America and Eurasia. See Hexastylis for discussion of generic limits.

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References: Huber (1993) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Weakley & Poindexter (2020a) In Weakley et al. (2020); Whittemore, Mesler, & Lu (1997) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Scott Ward | Asarum canadense | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Asarum acuminatum | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Asarum acuminatum, Sharp-Bingham Mountain Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Jackson County, Alabama 1 by Alan Cressler | Asarum acuminatum source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Asarum reflexum CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷

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