Asarum canadense
Family
Aristolochiaceae
Common Name(s)
Wild ginger
Flowering Time
May
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign
Difficult to tell when fruit ripens; check periodically; seeds are mature when they turn a rich brown
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates
Late May through mid June
Notes
Transplants in a field study had 53% survival after 7 years (Mottl et al. 2006).
Mature plants transplanted in the field had 70-83% survival after two years (Golay et al. 2013, Altricher et al. 2020), and continued high survival in year 3 (Altricher et al. 2020).
Ant dispersed; low seed output (Barkely 1986, Gleason and Cronquist 1991); self-sows (Mottl 2006, Altricher et al. 2020).
Forms dense colonies (Runkel and Bull 2009).
Seed Cleaning
Remove seeds from capsule before capsule deteriorates
Storage
Intolerant of dry storage (Cullina 2000)
Restoration Potential
Proven performer by vegetative spread