| Asarum canadense | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Aristolochiaceae |
| Genus: | Asarum |
| Species: | A. canadense
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| Binomial name | |
| Asarum canadense | |
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A. acuminatum | |
Asarum canadense, commonly known as Canada wild ginger, Canadian snakeroot, and broad-leaved asarabacca, is a herbaceous, perennial plant which forms dense colonies in the understory of deciduous forests throughout its native range in eastern North America, from the Great Plains east to the Atlantic Coast, and from southeastern Canada south to around the Fall Line in the southeastern United States.
It is protected as a state threatened species in Maine.[2]
- ^ "Asarum canadense". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Asarum canadense". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team.