Common Name: PIPEVINE FAMILY Habit: Perennial herb, woody vine, [shrub], rhizomed, aromatic. Stem: branched, occasionally +- underground. Leaf: simple, basal, cauline, or arising from rhizome, alternate; blade generally cordate, entire. Inflorescence: flower generally 1, axillary or terminal. Flower: bisexual, radial or bilateral; sepals 3, free or fused; petals generally 0; stamens generally 6 or 12, free or fused to style; pistil generally 1, ovary +- or partly inferior, chambers generally 6. Fruit: generally capsule. Seed: many. Genera In Family: 5--8 genera, +- 500 species: mainly tropics, warm temperate; some cultivated (Aristolochia, Asarum, Saruma). eFlora Treatment Author: Michael R. Mesler & Karen Lu Scientific Editor: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Common Name: WILD-GINGER Habit: Rhizome shallowly horizontal or deeply +- vertical, plants spreading or clumped; roots gingery-aromatic. Leaf: from rhizome, generally evergreen; blade cordate to reniform. Inflorescence: flower terminal, at ground level. Flower: generally dark colored; sepals forming tube, persistent; stamens 12, free from style, tips generally appendaged. Fruit: fleshy capsule. Seed: with fleshy appendage, ant-dispersed. Etymology: (Greek: derivation unknown) Reference: Kelly 2001 Syst Bot 26:17--53
Asarum caudatum Lindl.
NATIVE Habit: Plants generally spreading, forming loose mat; rhizomes near soil surface, horizontal. Leaf: blade all green. Inflorescence: peduncle +- horizontal. Flower: calyx lobes 2--9 cm, spreading in flower, long-tapered, maroon (rarely +- green), tube white inside with 1 median red stripe; stamen tip < pollen sacs, dark. Chromosomes: 2n=26. Ecology: Moist places in forest; Elevation: < 2200 m. Bioregional Distribution: NW, CaRH, CCo, SnFrB; Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia, Montana. Flowering Time: Mar--Aug Note: Plants with short, reflexed, tapered calyx lobes from CaRH (McCloud River) resemble Asarum lemmonii but have horizontal inflorescence and longer calyx lobe taper. Jepson eFlora Author: Michael R. Mesler & Karen Lu Reference: Kelly 2001 Syst Bot 26:17--53 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Asarum Next taxon: Asarum hartwegii
Citation for this treatment: Michael R. Mesler & Karen Lu 2012, Asarum caudatum, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=14334, accessed on April 16, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 16, 2024.
Geographic subdivisions for Asarum caudatum:
NW, CaRH, CCo, SnFrB
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