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Birthwort Family

Asarum virginicum

Also called Dutchman's Pipe Family, Birthworts, Birthwort And Pipevine Family

Birthwort Family
Photo: Daniel J. Layton, CC BY 3.0
Family
Aristolochiaceae (Aristolochi family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
West Virginia to North Carolina
Climate
temperate

About

Asarum virginicum, commonly known as Virginia heartleaf, is a prostrate perennial plant in the Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family). It is found in the mideastern United States from Maryland and Virginia in the north, south to North Carolina and Tennessee. The plant is encountered in deciduous and mixed forests. Its flowers emerge in early spring from April through June.

Other Asarum plants

Wild Ginger · Asarum asperum · Canadian wildginger · British Columbia wildginger · Asarum crispulatum · European wild ginger · Hartweg's wildginger · Lemmon's wildginger · Marbled wildginger · Wild ginger · Birthwort Family · Asarum monodoriflorum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asarum virginicum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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