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|accepted_name=Asarum canadense
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 442. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Asaret du canada;gingembre sauvage
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Asarum acuminatum
|authority=(Ashe) E. P. Bicknell
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Asarum canadense var. acuminatum
|authority=Ashe
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Asarum canadense var. ambiguum
|authority=(E. P. Bicknell) Farwell
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Asarum canadense var. reflexum
|authority=(E. P. Bicknell) B. L. Robinson
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Asarum reflexum
|authority=unknown
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Asarum rubrocinctum
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Aristolochiaceae;Asarum;Asarum canadense
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aristolochiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Asarum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Asarum canadense]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="rhizome orientation;rhizome depth;internode some measurement"><b>Rhizomes </b>horizontal, shallow, internodes 1.0-3.5 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="petiole some measurement;petiole pubescence"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole 6-20 cm, crisped-hirsute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade atypical length;leaf-blade length;leaf-blade atypical width;leaf-blade width;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade not variegate, cordate-reniform to reniform, 4-8 (-20) × 8-14 (-21.5) cm, apex rounded or obtuse;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="surface pubescence;surface pubescence;marginal hair orientation;apex course">surfaces abaxially appressed-hirsute, usually sparsely so, adaxially appressed-hirsute, at least along main veins, marginal hairs perpendicular to margin or curved toward apex.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="flower orientation;flower orientation"><b>Flowers </b>erect or ascending;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="peduncle 1.5-calyx-tube shape;peduncle 1.5-calyx-tube coloration;peduncle 1.5-calyx-tube coloration;peduncle 1.5-calyx-tube pubescence;peduncle 1.5-calyx-tube coloration;peduncle 1.5-calyx-tube coloration;peduncle 1.5-calyx-tube coloration;hair coloration;hair coloration">peduncle 1.5- calyx-tube cylindric, externally tan or purplish, hirsute (often densely), internally white or pale green, occasionally mottled with purple, with white or purple hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="distal; sepal portion orientation;distal; sepal portion orientation;distal; sepal portion some measurement;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex coloration;apex coloration;apex pubescence;apex coloration or density;apex pubescence;hair coloration;hair coloration;hair coloration">distal portion of sepal spreading or reflexed at anthesis, 6-24 mm, apex apiculate to acuminate or filiform-attenuate, abaxially green or purple, hirsute, adaxially purple, puberulent with crisped purple or pale hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="pollen-sac distance;inner stamen coloration or density">pollen-sacs 1-1.5 mm, sterile tip of connective on inner stamens purple, 0.5-1 mm, shorter than or about as long as pollen-sacs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="connective tip reproduction;connective tip some measurement;connective tip height or length or size;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 26.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer (Mar–Jul).
|habitat=Understory of deciduous (rarely coniferous) forests
|elevation=0-1300 m
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>The rhizomes of Asarum canadense are occasionally used for seasoning. Handling the leaves is said to cause dermatitis in some people.</p><!--
--><p>Native Americans used Asarum canadense medicinally to treat flux, poor digestion, swollen breasts, coughs and colds, typhus and scarlet fever, nerves, sore throats, cramps, heaves, earaches, headaches, convulsions, asthma, tuberculosis, urinary disorders, and venereal disease; as a stimulant, a seasoning, and a charm; and to strengthen other herbal concoctions and heighten appetite (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Asarum canadense
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Asarum acuminatum;Asarum canadense var. acuminatum;Asarum canadense var. ambiguum;Asarum canadense var. reflexum;Asarum reflexum;Asarum rubrocinctum
|basionyms=
|family=Aristolochiaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer (Mar–Jul).
|habitat=Understory of deciduous (rarely coniferous) forests
|elevation=0-1300 m
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V3/V3_774.xml
|genus=Asarum
|species=Asarum canadense
|2n chromosome quantity=26
|apex coloration=purple;green
|apex coloration or density=purple
|apex course=curved
|apex pubescence=puberulent;hirsute
|apex shape=apiculate;acuminate or filiform-attenuate
|connective tip height or length or size=shorter
|connective tip reproduction=sterile
|connective tip some measurement=0.5mm;1mm
|distal; sepal portion orientation=reflexed;spreading
|distal; sepal portion some measurement=6mm;24mm
|flower orientation=ascending;erect
|hair coloration=pale;purple;crisped;purple;white
|inner stamen coloration or density=purple
|internode some measurement=1.0cm;3.5cm
|leaf-blade atypical length=8cm;20cm
|leaf-blade atypical width=14cm;21.5cm
|leaf-blade length=4cm;8cm
|leaf-blade shape=cordate-reniform;reniform
|leaf-blade width=8cm;14cm
|marginal hair orientation=perpendicular
|peduncle 1.5-calyx-tube coloration=mottled with purple;pale green;white;purplish;tan
|peduncle 1.5-calyx-tube pubescence=hirsute
|peduncle 1.5-calyx-tube shape=cylindric
|petiole pubescence=crisped-hirsute
|petiole some measurement=6cm;20cm
|pollen-sac distance=1mm;1.5mm
|rhizome depth=shallow
|rhizome orientation=horizontal
|surface pubescence=appressed-hirsute;appressed-hirsute
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