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Asarum forbesii 'Mercury'
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.

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


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

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

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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
COMMON NAME(S) Forbe's Chinese Wild Ginger
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Key 		Accession
Number		 Year Location
1  161778*1 2016 Plantasia

 

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