Asarum rosei is a species of flowering plant endemic to North Carolina in the southeastern United States. It was first formally described in 2017 by Brandon T. Sinn in Phytotaxa. The species is named for Mark Rose, "a respected plant collector, horticulturalist, orchid breeder, and naturalist who discovered and documented the species".
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Rose's heartleaf being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Asarum contractum
- Asarum rhombiformis
- Asarum finzelii
- Asarum heterophyllum
- Asarum shuttleworthii
- Asarum speciosum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Piperales
- Family
- Aristolochiaceae
- Genus
- Asarum
- Species
- Asarum rosei
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