Asarum lemmonii |
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Lemmon's wild ginger |
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Rhizomes | horizontal, shallow, internodes (0.6-)1-4 cm. |
Leaves | blade not variegate, cordate to almost reniform, 4-6.5 × 7-10.5 cm, apex broadly rounded-acute to rounded; surfaces abaxially sparsely appressed-hirsute, adaxially glabrous or sparsely hirsute along veins, marginal hairs perpendicular to margin or curved toward apex. |
Flowers | descending; peduncle 2-3. |
Calyx | tube cylindric, externally reddish, at least in part, glabrous or sparsely hirsute, internally white, rarely with longitudinal red stripes, with white or purple hairs; distal portion of sepal strongly reflexed at anthesis, 4-8 mm, apex acute to apiculate or short-acuminate, abaxially purple, glabrous or sparsely hirsute, adaxially red, puberulent with crisped pale or purple hairs; pollen sacs 1-1.5 mm, sterile tip of connective on inner stamens purple or brown, 0.5-1 mm, shorter than pollen sacs. |
2n | = 26. |
Asarum lemmonii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul). |
Habitat | Wet places, usually near creeks, in understory of conifer forests |
Elevation | 1100-1900 m (3600-6200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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Discussion | Asarum lemmonii is endemic to the Sierra Nevada. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Aristolochiaceae > Asarum |
Sibling taxa | |
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 294. (1879) |
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