. Our early wild flowers [microform] : a study of the herbaceous plants blooming in early spring in the northern states and Canada. Wild flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Botanique. ARISTOLOCHIACE.^—BIRTHWORT FAMILY WILD GINGER Asarum Canad6nse Asarum, an ancient name of obscure derivation. A stemless perennial, found in rich, moist woods, whe-e often it forms large beds of bright-green, velvety leaves. New Brunswick to Manitoba, south to North Carolina and west to Missouri and Kansas. Abundant in northern Ohio. April-June. Rootstock. — Aromatic, creep- ing, bearing two or three scales, then o
. Our early wild flowers [microform] : a study of the herbaceous plants blooming in early spring in the northern states and Canada. Wild flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Botanique. ARISTOLOCHIACE.^—BIRTHWORT FAMILY WILD GINGER Asarum Canad6nse Asarum, an ancient name of obscure derivation. A stemless perennial, found in rich, moist woods, whe-e often it forms large beds of bright-green, velvety leaves. New Brunswick to Manitoba, south to North Carolina and west to Missouri and Kansas. Abundant in northern Ohio. April-June. Rootstock. — Aromatic, creep- ing, bearing two or three scales, then one or two kidney-shaped leaves, then on with more scales and more leaves. Leaves.—Shining, covered with soft hairs, broad, kidney-shaped, on long, hairy petioles, usually in pairs with the ilower between. Calyx.—Slightly angular, bcll- shape'd, hairy, thick, and fleshy, with three dark, reddish purple lobes, pointed and reflexed; the calyx tube grown fast to the ovary. Corolla. —Wanting. 5/cwe«5.—Twelve; filaments slender; anthers short. so. Wild Ginger. Asarum Canad(nse. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. Toronto : McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
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