Asarum marmoratum is a species of wild ginger known by the common name marbled wild ginger.[1]

Asarum marmoratum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Genus: Asarum
Species:
A. marmoratum
Binomial name
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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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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