Family | ARISTOLOCHIACEAE |
Genus species | Asarum arifolium Michx. |
Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 279 (1803) |
Native Range | se. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 0-800m |
Description | leaves 10-15cm, ovate-sagittate, adaxially often variegate, calyx 25-35mm long, with short erect sepals |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | greenish purple |
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 arifolia (Michx.) A.Gray Hexastylis arifolia (Michx.) Small |
Territory | 7 Northern America 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, FLA Florida, GEO Georgia, LOU Louisiana, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |