Family | ARISTOLOCHIACEAE |
Genus species | Asarum kumageanum Masam. |
Bibliography | Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ., Bot. 11: 168 (1934) |
Native Range | Japan (Yakushima) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves long petiolate, thick, shiny, cordate-oblong, 3-4cm wide, acute, at base cordate, flowers pedunculate, thinly pubescent, tube of perianth obconical, lobes deltoid |
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 | Heterotropa kumageana (Masam.) F.Maek. ex Yahara |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |