Asarum marmoratum is a species of wild ginger known by the common name marbled wild ginger.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Aristolochiaceae |
| Genus: | Asarum |
| Species: | A. marmoratum
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| Asarum marmoratum | |
It is native to the Klamath Mountains of northern California and southern Oregon, as well as adjacent slopes of the Cascade Range. It is a plant of moist high-elevation forests and rocky mountainsides. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb with hairy green leaves with bright cream-white colored marbling. The leaves are heart-shaped to kidney-shaped to nearly round. Flowers appear at ground-level. They consist of three coarsely hairy sepals which are dark greenish brown outside and dark reddish inside. The fruit is a fleshy capsule containing many seeds.
Asarum marmoratum is a state-listed endangered species in Oregon.[2]
References
edit- ^ Mesler, Michael R.; Lu, Karen L. (1990-01-01). "The status of Asarum marmoratum (Aristolochiaceae)". Brittonia. 42 (1): 33–37. doi:10.2307/2807022. ISSN 1938-436X.
- ^ Luna, Tara (2014-09-21). "Conserving US temperate forest plant diversity: a case example with forest-floor Aristolochiaceae". Native Plants Journal. 15 (3): 236–246. doi:10.3368/npj.15.3.236. ISSN 1522-8339.
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