Family | ARISTOLOCHIACEAE |
Genus species | Asarum nankaiense F.Maek. |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 572 (1932) |
Native Range | Japan (Honshu) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves flat, broadly obovate, 7-11mm long, abaxially glabrous, acuminate, flowers shortly pedicellate or sessile, tube of perianth campanulate, lobes patent |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | early spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible division in early and late summer |
Synonyms | Asarum nipponicum var. nankaiense (F.Maek.) T.Sugaw. Heterotropa nankaiensis (F.Maek.) F.Maek ex Nemoto |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |