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Asarum splendens

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Home Perennial Asarum splendens

Forest floors full to part shade.

Family: Aristolochiaceae
Height: 0.2 m / 1 ft
Shade, Semi-shade
Light, Medium Soil
Dry to Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 3 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 0 of 5
Other Uses: 3 of 5

Native Habitat

Chinese Wild Ginger Asarum splendens native habitat is Forest floors full to part shade.

Edible Uses

A ginger-like rhizome with a strong potent flavour . They are commonly referred to as wild gingers (not a culinary gingers) as their rhizomes have a similar spicy scent.

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