Asarum forbesii 'Mercury'

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Forbe's Chinese Wild Ginger

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DERIVATION

Asarum

- Hazelwort or wild nard; a plant described by Dioscorides & Pliny, and taken by Linnaeus as the genus name for Asarum

forbesii

Asarum forbesii was named for Francis Blackwell Forbes, 1839-1908, American botanist,
expertise in Chinese seed bearing plants, also merchant and opium trader in Asia.

- Chinodoxa/Scilla forbesii, named for Edward Forbes, Professor of Botany at Edinburgh (1815â�"54), UK naturalist, specializing on the Isle of Man

James Forbes (1773â�"1861), gardener and writer at Woburn Abbey,

Cattela forbesii was named for John Forbes,1799-1823,English botanist who collected in Africa and also, South America

H. O. forbes, collector in the far East c. 1886 "

FAMILY

Aristolochiaceae (Birthwort Family) Other Plants in the Birthwort Family

RANGE

Cultivated

HARDINESS

USDA Zone 5A (Coldest zone where hardy)

SUN REQUIREMENTS

Partial shade

FAMILY

ARISTOLOCHIACEAE Other Plants in the Birthwort Family

COMMON NAME(S)

Forbe's Chinese Wild Ginger

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Year

Location

161778*1

2016

Plantasia

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