| Family | ARISTOLOCHIACEAE |
| Genus species | Asarum nipponicum F.Maek. |
| Bibliography | Bot. Mag. [Tokyo] 46: 570 (1932) |
| Native Range | Japan (Honshu) |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | leaves flat, broadly ovate, 6-10cm long, abaxially glabrous, obtuse or acute, flowers shortly pedicellate, sometimes subsessile, tube of perianth campanulate, lobes patent |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| 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 | Asarum blumei var. albidonebulosum Makino Asarum blumei var. albivenium Makino Asarum blumei var. viride Makino Asarum kooyanum var. nipponicum (F.Maek.) Kitam. Heterotropa nipponica (F.Maek.) F.Maek. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |