Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asarum canadense L. [Aristolochiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american wild ginger	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
asaret du canada	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
asaro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
asarum canadense	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
canada snakeroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canadian snake	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
canadian snakeroot	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
canadian wild ginger	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
canadian wildginger	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
colicroot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
false coltsfoot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gingembre sauvage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
indian ginger	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
kanadensisk hasselört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kanadische haselwurz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kanadische schlangenwurzel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
serpentaire du canada	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
serpentaria	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vermont snakeroot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild ginger	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asarum canadense var. acutifolium Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 264 (1828).
Asarum canadense var. macrophyllum Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 264 (1828), nom. nud.
Asarum canadense var. obtusum Muhl. Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept.: 46 (1813).
Asarum canadense f. phelpsiae Fernald Rhodora 40: 333 (1938).
Asarum canadense f. prattii Fassett Torreya 42: 180 (1943).
Asarum canadense var. pumilum Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 264 (1828), nom. nud.
Asarum carolinianum Walter Fl. Carol.: 143 (1788).
Asarum furcatum Raf. New Fl. 2: 20 (1837).
Asarum latifolium Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 344 (1796).
Asarum medium Raf. New Fl. 2: 20 (1837).
Asarum parvifolium Raf. New Fl. 2: 20 (1837).
Asarum villosum Muhl. ex Duch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 424 (1864).
Asarum ypsilantennse Walpole Fl. Washtenaw Co.: 33 (1924).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asarum canadense	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Asarum canadense L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Asarum canadense

Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Asarum canadense L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020)
WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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