Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Asarum canadense L.

origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Asarum acuminatum (Ashe) Bicknell, Asarum canadense L. var. acuminatum Ashe, Asarum canadense L. var. ambiguum (Bickn.) Farw., Asarum canadense L. var. reflexum (Bickn.) B.L. Robins., Asarum carolinianum Walt., Asarum reflexum Bicknell, Asarum rubrocinctum Peattie,

Common names:

Agabwen (1932) (105)

Asarabacca (1876-1923) (5, 64, 92, 156)

Asarabica (1923) (156)

Asaret (1900, French) (158)

Asaret du Canada (1828, French) (7)

Asari Canadensis herba (1828, Official name of Materia Medica) (7)

Asarum (1919) (52)

Azaro (1900, Spanish) (158)

Black snakeroot (1900-1923) (156, 158)

Black snakeweed (1907) (64)

Broad-leaf asarabacca [Broadleaf asarabacca, Broadleaved asarabacca, Broad-leaved asabaraca] (1828-1900) (7, 64, 158)

Canada snakeroot [Canada snake root, Canada snake-root] (1828-1949) (7, 53, 57, 58, 64, 92, 109, 156, 158)

Canadian ginger [Canada ginger] (1898) (49, 156)

Canadian wild ginger [Canada wild ginger, Canada wildginger] (1895-Present) (2, 50, 138, 155)

Canadische Haselwurz (1828, German) (7)

Canadische Schlagenwurz (1900, German) (158)

Cat's-foot [Cat's foot, Cats foot] (1898-1923) (64, 92, 156, 158)

Colicroot [Colic root] (1894-1913, WV) (5, 75, 158)

Coltsfoot [Colt's-foot, Colt's foot] (1828-1908, misapplied) (7, 49, 58, 64, 75, 77)

Coltsfoot snakeroot [Colt's-foot snakeroot Colt's foot snakeroot, Colt's-foot-snakeroot, Coltsfoot snake root] (1876-1900) (79, 92, 156, 158)

Curly wild ginger [Curly wildginger] (1923-1942) (138, 155)

False coltsfoot [False colt's-foot, False colt's foot] (1840-1923) (5, 19, 64, 92, 156, 158)

False crowfoot (1923) (156)

Gingembre (1770, French) (41)

Hazelwort (1923) (156)

Heart snake root, Heart snakeroot, Heart snake-root (1828-1923) (5, 7, 64, 92, 156, 158)

Indian ginger (1828-1923) (5, 7, 49, 53, 58, 64, 92, 156, 158)

Indischer Ingwer (1900, German) (158)

Long-tipped wild ginger (1907-1913) (5, 72)

Name'pin (1928, Chippewa, sturgeon plant) (40)

Short-lobe wild ginger [Short-lobed wild ginger] (1907-1913) (5, 72)

Snakeroot (1891-1919) (64, 79, 92, 107)

Southern snakeroot [Southern snake-root] (1907-1923) (5, 64, 156)

Vermont snakeroot [Vermont snake root, Vermont snake-root] (1900-1923) (5, 64, 156, 158)

White snakeroot (1840) (19)

Wild ginger (1770-1949) (3, 5, 7, 19, 35, 40, 41, 46, 47, 49, 52, 53, 57, 58, 64, 65, 72, 97, 105, 107, 109, 156, 157, 158)