Family | ARISTOLOCHIACEAE |
Genus species | Asarum sakawanum Makino |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 9: 260 (1895) |
Native Range | Japan (Shikoku) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves thick, long petiolate, ovate, 6-10cm long, acute, at base deeply cordate, ciliate, flowers glabrous, relatively large, tube of perianth globular, lobes obtuse, long |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | whitish |
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 sakawanum var. stellatum (F.Maek. ex Akasawa) T.Sugaw. Heterotropa sakawana (Makino) F.Maek. Heterotropa sakawana var. stellata F.Maek. ex Akasawa |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |