Asarum yunnanense T.Sugawara, Ogisu & C.Y.Cheng

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Aristolochiaceae > Asarum

Characteristics

Herbs. Rhizomes vertical, 3-4 mm in diam., internodes 0.5-1 cm. Leaves paired; petiole 5-8 cm, villous; leaf blade adaxially deep green with white speckles on veins, cordate-ovate, 13-22 × 7-14 cm, abaxial surface glabrous or pubescent on veins, adaxial surface sparsely hispid, base cordate, apex acute; cataphylls not seen. Peduncle declinate, 2-2.5 cm. Calyx slightly zygomorphic, purplish, campanulate, 1.5-2.5 × 2-3 cm; sepals connate beyond attachment to ovary, abaxially pilose, adaxially dark red pubescent; tube obconic, 0.7-0.8 × 0.7-0.8 cm; lobes spreading, triangular-orbicular, ca. 1.5 × 1.5 cm. Stamens 12; filaments 0.4-0.7 mm, shorter than anthers; anthers 2-3 mm; connectives 0.7-1.3 mm, extended beyond anthers, subcylindric. Ovary inferior. Styles connate, short and thick, apex 6-cleft; stigmas terminal, radiating downward, decurrent. Fl. Mar-Apr.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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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 yunnanense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:940653-1
WFO ID wfo-0000551016
COL ID H4VF
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Synonyms

Asarum yunnanense