wild ginger

Types:

Asarum canadense, Canada ginger, black snakeroot

deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States

Asarum virginicum, heart-leaf, heartleaf

evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves; Virginia to South Carolina

Asarum europaeum, asarabacca

thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe

Type of:

herb, herbaceous plant

a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests