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Lemmon's wild ginger

Asarum wagneri

green-flower wild ginger, long-tail wild ginger, wagner's wild ginger

Rhizomes

horizontal, shallow, internodes (0.6-)1-4 cm.

horizontal, ± deeply buried, internodes 0.5-2.1 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.

blade not variegate, broadly reniform to cordate-reniform, 3-8 × 4-11 cm, apex obtuse to rounded (broadly acute);

surfaces abaxially sparsely hirsute, adaxially sparsely hirsute only along veins, marginal hairs mostly curved toward apex.

Flowers

descending;

peduncle 2-3.

erect or ascending;

peduncle 0.8- calyx tube subglobose to cylindric-urceolate or urceolate, externally light green, sparsely to moderately hirsute, internally white or light green, bordered and occasionally striped with purple, with purple hairs;

distal portion of sepal spreading perpendicularly from base at anthesis, bent abruptly upward at midpoint, 8-20 mm, apex filiform-acuminate, abaxially white to pale green, sparsely villous to villous, adaxially white or light green, at least distally, bordered with purple and occasionally with purple band across base, puberulent with crisped purple-tipped hairs;

pollen sacs 1-2 mm, sterile tip of connective on inner stamens dark red, 0.25-1 mm, shorter than pollen sacs.

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

Asarum wagneri

Phenology Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul). Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul).
Habitat Wet places, usually near creeks, in understory of conifer forests Understory of Abies forests and open boulder fields in Tsuga forests near timberline
Elevation 1100-1900 m (3600-6200 ft) 1500-3200 m (4900-10500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
OR
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Discussion

Asarum lemmonii is endemic to the Sierra Nevada.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Asarum wagneri is endemic to the Cascade Range of pouthern Oregon (K. L. Lu and M. R. Mesler 1983).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 3. FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Aristolochiaceae > Asarum Aristolochiaceae > Asarum
Sibling taxa
A. canadense, A. caudatum, A. hartwegii, A. marmoratum, A. wagneri
A. canadense, A. caudatum, A. hartwegii, A. lemmonii, A. marmoratum
Synonyms A. caudatum var. viridiflorum
Name authority S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 294. (1879) K. L. Lu & Mesler: Brittonia 35: 331. (1983)
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