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Blood Root Dutchman's Breeches Trillum Wild Ginger |
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Folklore: It is said that the Cherokee Indians would chew the root and spite it in the water to make fish bite. The young women of one tribe ate the raw plant in large quantities to prevent conception, probably due to the fact they were too busy vomiting!
The large heart or kidney shaped leaves are finely haired, simple, entire (unserrated) dark green, long petioled, and deeply indented at the stem. They grow in opposite pairs, to a height of about 8 to 10 inches and are from 2 to 8 inches across. The small maroon to brown, deep bowl shaped flowers grow at the base, between the leaf stems, it is single short peduncled, hairy outside and seems to split open into three outwardly folded petals. The flowers are pollinated by ants who have no problem getting the flowers as the flowers lay directly on the ground (or nearly so). Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense) | ||
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More information:
Wild Ginger Site 1 |
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© 2002 Helen
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