Asarum caudatum

taxobox
name = "Asarum caudatum"


status = G5
status_system = TNC
status_ref = Cite web
publisher =NatureServe
title = Asarum caudatum
work = NatureServe Explorer
url = http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Asarum+caudatum+
accessdate = 2007-12-15]
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Magnoliids
ordo = Piperales
familia = Aristolochiaceae
genus = "Asarum"
species = "A. caudatum"
binomial = "Asarum caudatum"
binomial_authority = Lindl.
synonyms = "A. caudatum" var. "caudatum"
"A. caudatum" var. "viridiflorum"|

"Asarum caudatum" (British Columbia wild ginger, Western wild ginger, or long-tailed wild ginger) is native to rich moist forests of western North America from British Columbia to California and as far east as western Montana. In spring, it develops distinct hirsute (hairy) cup-shaped, brown-purple to green-yellow flowers which terminate in three long gracefully curved lobes, often concealed by leaves. The long rhizomes give rise to persistent reniform (kidney/heart shaped) leaves. Leaves are found in colonies or clusters as the rhizome spreads.Citation
last=Whittemore
first=Alan T. ; Mesler, Michael R.; Lu, Karen L.
contribution =Asarum caudatum
year=2006
title=Flora of North America
editor-last =Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+
volume=3
contribution-url =http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500169
place=New York & Oxford
publisher=Oxford University Press] The leaves emit a distinctive ginger aroma when rubbed.Fact|date=August 2008

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* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASCA Profile at USDA PLANTS Database]
* [http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=5641&flora_id=1 Distribution Map from Flora of North America at efloras.org]