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Asarum ( Á-sa-rum ) is a genus of plants in the birthwort family Aristolochiaceae, commonly known as Wild ginger.
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Asarum and is
A dicotyledonous native species of eastern North America, Asarum canadense, is also known as " wild ginger ", and its root has similar aromatic properties, but it is not related to true ginger.
Many members of Aristolochia and some of Asarum contain the toxin aristolochic acid, which discourages herbivores and is known to be carcinogenic in rats.
Asarum is a genus of low-growing herbs distributed across the temperate zones of the northern hemisphere, with most species in East Asia ( China, Japan and Vietnam ) and North America, and one species in Europe.
* Geotaenium is a sister to Asarum s. s., showing its close relationship to Asarum s. s.
Asarum europaeum, commonly known as Asarabacca, European Wild Ginger, Hazelwort, and Wild Spikenard, is a species of wild ginger ( unrelated to the rhizome spice ginger ) with single axillary dull purple flowers, lying on the ground.
Asarum and genus
Asarum canadense and other species in the genus contain the nephrotoxic rodent carcinogen aristolochic acid, which the FDA warns against consuming.
Traditionally the genus Asarum was considered as a single genus with about 85 species.
* Hexastylis, a closely related genus sometimes treated as synonymous with Asarum
Asarum and birthwort
Tokugawa's clan crest, known in Japanese as a " mon ", the " triple hollyhock " ( although commonly, but mistakenly identified as " hollyhock ", the " aoi " actually belongs to the birthwort family and translates as " wild ginger "— Asarum ), has been a readily recognized icon in Japan, symbolizing in equal parts the Tokugawa clan and the last shogunate.
Asarum and Wild
* Wild ginger ( Asarum europaeum )
Asarum and .
1881 a further subdivision was made by Asarum into Ringamåla.
* Any of the Asarum species, especially A. caudatum
* Asarum s. s. ( about 17 species ), distributed in Asia ( mainly China ), North America and Europe
* Asarum s. s.: the North American species are monophyletic and are derived from within the paraphyletic Asian species group.
However, many botanists still treat these segregated genera as sections of Asarum s. l., especially Hexastylis
Asarum europaeum has a wide distribution in Europe.
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or a skilled labor force is trained before there are plants available in which they can be employed.
The authority of the Secretary of the Interior under this joint resolution to construct, operate, and maintain demonstration plants shall terminate upon the expiration of twelve years after the date on which this joint resolution is approved.
I like to shear half my plants at a time, leaving one half of them to blossom while the second half is getting started on its new round of blooming.
It is no harder to raise big, healthy, blooming plants than weak, sickly little things ; ;
If the plants are cared for and protected over the winter, the second year is more prolific than the first.
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It is interesting to note how many of the plants on Massachusetts' Route 128 draw most of their income either from the government in non-competitive cost-plus arrangements, or from the exploitation of patents which grant at least a partial monopoly.
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Asparagales is the name of an order of plants, used in modern classification systems such as the APG III system ( which is used throughout this article ).
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