Family | ARISTOLOCHIACEAE |
Genus species | Asarum shuttleworthii Britten & Baker f. |
Bibliography | J. Bot. 36: 98 (1898) |
Native Range | New York, se. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 0-700m |
Description | leaves 5-10cm, narrowly cordate, glabrous, often variegate, corolla 3-5cm long, with three, short, slightly patent, broad, triangular petals |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late 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 spring and early summer |
Synonyms | Asarum grandiflorum (Michx. ex Duch.) Small Asarum macranthum Small Asarum virginicum var. grandiflorum Michx. ex Duch. Hexastylis shuttleworthii (Britten & Baker f.) Small |
Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (NWY New York) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (GEO Georgia, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |