Asarum caudigerum Hance

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Aristolochiaceae > Asarum

Characteristics

Herbs. Rhizomes vertical, 2-4 mm in diam., internodes less than 1 cm. Leaves paired; petiole 5-20 cm, villous; leaf blade adaxially dark green with white blotches along veins, broadly ovate, triangular-ovate, or ovate-cordate, 4-10 × 3.5-10 cm, abaxial surface densely pubescent, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent, base auriculate or cordate, lateral lobes 3-4 × 3-3.5 cm, apex acute or long acuminate; cataphylls ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 0.8-1.3 × 0.4-0.6 cm. Peduncle erect to ascending, 1-2 cm. Calyx green to purplish green, ± campanulate, 2-5 × 1-2 cm; sepals free beyond attachment to ovary, abaxially white villous; pseudotube subglobose, 0.6-1.0 × 0.9-1.5 cm; lobes erect or spreading, 1-3 × 0.4-1.2 cm, base ovate-oblong, apex abruptly narrowed to a slender cauda 10-25 mm. Stamens 12; filaments as long as anthers; connectives extended beyond anthers, ligulate to awl-shaped. Ovary inferior. Styles connate, apex 6-cleft, lobes entire; stigmas terminal. Fl. Mar-May.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
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Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Mixed forests, mountain slopes, along streams; at elevations from 300-1,700 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
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Distribution

Asarum caudigerum world distribution map, present in China, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:93472-1
WFO ID wfo-0000550795
COL ID H4PY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Asarum arrhizoma Asarum leptophyllum Asarum leptophyllum var. triangulare Asarum caudigerum var. leptophyllum Asarum caudigerum var. triangulare Asarum caudigerum