| Scientific Name: | Asarum europaeum |
| Common Name: | European wild ginger |
| Family Name: | Aristolochiaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Ground cover, Perennial border, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Lustrous, Distinctive smell, Orbicular, Reniform |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Green, Purple, Brown, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Evergreen ground cover; leaves shiny, kidney-shaped to orbicular, most blades 5-9cm wide, bases overlapping near petiole; flowers greenish yellow, up to 13mm wide, bell-shaped with 3 petal-like sepals, late spring to early summer but usually hidden by leaves. | |