Family | ARISTOLOCHIACEAE |
Genus species | Asarum nakaianum F.Maek. |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 576 (1932) |
Native Range | Japan (c. Honshu) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves 1-4, reniform-orbiculate, ca. 35mm wide, dark green, nitid, flowers minute, 10-12mm across, tube of perianth short |
Size | 5-12cm |
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 and late summer |
Synonyms | Asarum fauriei var. nakaianum (F.Maek.) Ohwi Heterotropa nakaiana (F.Maek.) F.Maek ex Nemoto |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |