Family | ARISTOLOCHIACEAE |
Genus species | Asarum virginicum L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 442 (1753) |
Native Range | West Virginia to se. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 0-700m |
Description | leaves crowded at apex of rootstock, cordate, subcordate or reniform, calyx tube cylindrical to narrowly cylindric-urceolate, lobes straight or subpatent, 2-4mm |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | 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 spring and early summer |
Synonyms | Asarum grandiflorum Klotzsch Asarum maculosum Stokes Asarum memmingeri Ashe Asarum virginianum Crantz Heterotropa virginica (L.) A.Gray Hexastylis memmingeri (Ashe) Small Hexastylis virginica (L.) Small |
Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |