Asarum debile Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Aristolochiaceae > Asarum

Characteristics

Herbs. Rhizomes horizontal, 1-2 mm in diam., internodes 1.5-4.5 cm. Leaves paired on flowering modules, solitary on nonflowering modules; petiole 5-12 cm, glabrous; leaf blade uniformly colored, cordate, 2.5-4 × 3-6 cm, both surfaces pubescent along veins or abaxial surface glabrous, base cordate, lateral lobes 0.7-2 × 1-2.5 cm, apex acute or obtuse; cataphylls ovate, ca. 1 × 0.7 cm. Peduncle pendent, 1-1.5 cm. Calyx actinomorphic, purple, campanulate, 0.7-1.4 × 0.5-0.9 cm; sepals connate beyond attachment to ovary, abaxially sparsely white villous; tube subglobose, 0.3-0.5 × 0.5-0.7 cm; lobes erect, triangular, 0.3-0.4 × 0.2-0.3 cm. Stamens 6-9; filaments as long as anthers; connectives not extended beyond anthers, obconic. Ovary inferior. Styles connate, slender, apex 6-cleft; stigmas terminal. Fl. May-Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.09 - 0.12
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Mixed forests, along streams, moist places, rock crevices; at elevations from 1,300-2,300 metres.
Light 1-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Asarum debile world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:93481-1
WFO ID wfo-0000550820
COL ID H4QK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Asarum debile