Family | ARISTOLOCHIACEAE |
Genus species | Asarum satsumense F.Maek. |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 580 (1932) |
Native Range | s. Japan, nw. Taiwan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves broadly elliptic, 8-12cm long, long petiolate, obtuse, adaxially shortly pubescent, abaxially glabrous, tube of perianth pyriform, on apex distinctly tapered |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purplish green |
Bloom | 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 | Heterotropa satsumensis (F.Maek.) F.Maek. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, TAI Taiwan) |