Asarum cardiophyllum Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Aristolochiaceae > Asarum

Characteristics

Herbs. Rhizomes vertical, 2-3 mm in diam., internodes 2-6 cm. Leaves paired; petiole 2-5 cm, puberulent to villous; leaf blade sometimes with white blotches along veins, cordate, 3-5 × 3-5 cm, both surfaces strigose puberulent, base cordate, lateral lobes 2-3 × 2-3 cm, apex acute to rounded; cataphylls linear to broadly elliptic, 4-14 × 2-9 cm. Peduncle erect to ascending, 1.5-2 cm. Calyx green, ± campanulate, 2-3 × 0.6-1 cm; sepals free beyond attachment to ovary, abaxially sparsely white villous; pseudotube subglobose, 0.3-0.6 × 0.8-1 cm; lobes erect or spreading, 1-1.5 × 0.3-0.6 cm, base linear-triangular, apex abruptly narrowed to a slender cauda 5-11 mm. Stamens 12; filaments as long as anthers; connectives extended beyond anthers, rhomboid. Ovary inferior. Styles connate, apex 6-cleft; stigmas terminal. Fl. Mar-May.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Root system rhizome
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 7 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
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Distribution

Asarum cardiophyllum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:93468-1
WFO ID wfo-0000550787
COL ID H4PT
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Synonyms

Asarum cardiophyllum Asarum caudigerum var. cardiophyllum