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Asarum virginicum

heartleaf \heartleaf\ n. (Bot.)

  1. wild ginger ( Asarum shuttleworthii) having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves, growing from Western Virginia to Alabama.

    Syn: Asarum shuttleworthii.

  2. (Bot.) An evergreen low-growing perennial ( Asarum virginicum) having mottled green and silvery-gray heart-shaped pungent leaves, growing from Virginia to South Carolina.

    Syn: Asarum virginicum.