Family | ARISTOLOCHIACEAE |
Genus species | Asarum kiusianum F.Maek. |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. [Tokyo] 46: 569 (1932) |
Native Range | Japan (nw. Kyushu) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves oblong, 6-10cm long, acute, deeply cordate, adaxially glabrous, shiny, flowers distinctly pedunculate, erect, perianth subtubular, 10-15mm long, lobes deltoid |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale 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 melanosiphon F.Maek. Asarum tubulosum F.Maek. Asarum yamashiroi Hatus. Heterotropa kiusiana (F.Maek.) F.Maek. Heterotropa melanospihon (F.Maek.) F.Maek. Heterotropa tubulosa (F.Maek.) F.Maek. ex Nemoto |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |