Asarum hartwegii
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| Asarum hartwegii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Angiosperms |
| Class: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Aristolochiaceae |
| Genus: | Asarum |
| Species: | A. hartwegii |
| Binomial name | |
| Asarum hartwegii S.Wats. |
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Asarum hartwegii is a species of wild ginger known by the common name Hartweg's wild ginger.
It is endemic to California; [1] It grows in forest habitat. This is a perennial herb growing from a ginger-scented rhizome which extends vertically deep into the ground. It forms a clump of elaborately white-veined leaves which are heart-shaped to round in shape and coated in curved hairs. Each is borne on a long petiole up to 21 centimeters long. It bears a solitary flower near the ground on a short peduncle. The flower has no petals but three curving, hairy, brownish or maroon sepals which are whitish with red stripes on their inner surfaces. The fruit is a fleshy capsule containing many seeds.
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