Family | ARISTOLOCHIACEAE |
Genus species | Asarum blumei Duch. |
Bibliography | Prodr. 15(1): 427 (1864) |
Native Range | Japan (Honshu) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves solitary, broadly sagittate-ovate, 6-10cm long, acute to obtuse, shortly hirsute, long petiolate, flowers glabrous, perianth tube ventricose, lobes patent, orbiculate |
Size | 5-10cm |
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 albivenium Regel Asarum leucodictyon Miq. Heterotropa blumei (Duch.) F.Maek. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |