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Asarum virginicum
heart snakeroot
Other common names
sweet-scented asarabaccaSynonyms
Hexastylis virginicaBotanical details
- Family
- Aristolochiaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Asarum
- Genus description
Asarum are evergreen or deciduous, rhizomatous perennials forming a mat of long-stalked, heart-shaped or kidney-shaped leaves, sometimes with attractive silver mottling, and curious flowers consisteng of a 3-lobed calyx, often in "earthy" colours. They are commonly referred to as wild gingers (they are not culinary gingers) but are so-called because their rhizomes have a similar spicy scent
- Name status
Correct
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