North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Aristolochiaceae>Asarum
	Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense) Graham Co., NC 28 Apr 2006 Uncommon and found in rich woods in the mountains & scattered localities across the piedmont in NC, the flowers of this species grow at the base of the plant and have no petals. The floral tube is made up of fused sepals.
	Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense) Graham Co., NC 28 Apr 2006
	Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense) Durham Co., NC 6 Sep 2009
	Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense) Durham Co., NC 6 Sep 2009
	Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense) Durham Co., NC 6 Sep 2009

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.