| Family | ARISTOLOCHIACEAE |
| Genus species | Asarum canadense L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 422 (1753) |
| Native Range | sc. & se. Canada to c. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 0-1300m |
| Description | leaves deciduous, 8-15cm, broadly cordate, on both sides sparsely hirsute, corolla outside hirsute, 2-4cm in diam., lobes short, acute |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | ind |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible division in early and late summer |
| Synonyms | Asarum acuminatum (Ashe) E.P.Bicknell Asarum canadense var. acuminatum Ashe Asarum canadense var. acutifolium Raf. Asarum canadense var. macrophyllum Raf. Asarum canadense var. obtusum Muhl. Asarum canadense f. phelpsiae Fernald Asarum canadense f. prattii Fassett Asarum canadense var. pumilum Raf. Asarum canadense var. reflexum (E.P.Bicknell) B.L.Rob. Asarum carolinianum Walter Asarum furcatum Raf. Asarum latifolium Salisb. Asarum medium Raf. Asarum parvifolium Raf. Asarum rubrotinctum Peattie Asarum villosum Muhl. ex Duch. Asarum ypsilantennse Walpole |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, DEL Delaware, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, LOU Louisiana, MRY Maryland, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, WDC District of Columbia) |