Asarum canadense - Wild ginger

Wild ginger is a perennial ground cover with heart-shaped leaves and aromatic roots. It is used ornamentally and for its edible rhizomes.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 3¹
• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹

Outputs

• Human food²

Type

• Plant
• Perennial
• Deciduous¹

Functions

• Ground cover

Footnotes

1. Asarum canadense | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

2. Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 10-1 ↩