American Ginseng
Scientific Name:Panax quinquefolius


NOTES: Perennial herb, the root commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine.

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American Ginseng
Genus species: Panax quinquefolius
Common Name: American Ginseng
Family Name: Araliaceae  
Herbs or deciduous woody vines or shrubs; leaves various, stipulate; flowers unisexual or bisexual, regular, epigynous, in umbels; fruit a berry.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Green/Brown
White
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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