Asarum canadense L.

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The New York Botanical Garden
Spring Flora of New York
Aristolochiaceae
Asarum canadense L.
det. D. E. Atha, 1998
BOTANICAL
GARDE**,
United states of America. New York. Westchester Co.:
Scarsdale Collecting along trail in Bronx River Reservation entering at
Bronx River Parkway in Scarsdale to Tucahoe along the Bronx River,
ca. 40°58’N, ca. 73°58’W. Associated species : Acer, Aesculus,
Pinus, Tsuga canadensis, Ornithogalum and Alliaria.
Herb ca. 40 cm tall. Leaves large heart shaped with hairy stalk. Single
curious cup shaped flower, with three red-brown calyx lobes in crotch
of two leaves stalk. Crushed root has a ginger smell. Common.
N.V. wild ginger English
R I Vargas & Daniel Atha
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
16 May 1998
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