wild ginger
Woodland floor herb
Wild ginger refers to several unrelated plants with ginger-like flavor or aroma.
In North America, it typically means *Asarum*, a woodland plant with heart-shaped leaves and hidden flowers near the ground—its root has a spicy taste but isn't true ginger.
In other regions, wild ginger may refer to various native plants used as ginger substitutes in cooking or medicine.
- bloodrootSap-staining native wildflower
- mayappleNorth American woodland herb
- rhizomeHorizontal underground plant stem
- perennialRecurring each year
- folk remedyTraditional unofficial medical treatment
folk medicine · sassafras · herbaceous · spicebush · understory · ethnobotany · aromatic · medicinal · creeping · ground cover plant · trillium · heart-shaped · jack-in-the-pulpit · evergreen · ramp · groundcover · shade-tolerant · shade garden
- Birthwortspipevine
- foraged foodsdandelion, blackberries, blueberries, nuts, mushrooms
- forest plantsfern, birch, oak, maple, beech
- ginger
- tropical plantshibiscus, bougainvillea, frangipani, mahogany, palm trees
- Wild Foodsramps, fiddleheads, dandelion greens, morels, chanterelles