Asarum caudatum

Identification

Asarum caudatum, Wild Ginger.
A young plant, with flowers at the base, of Asarum caudatum, Wild Ginger - grid24_3
The flowers of Wild Ginger, Asarum caudatum
Asarum caudatum, Wild Ginger, in an underground parking garage, San Luis Obispo, California. - grid24_3
Asarum caudatum

Description

Asarum caudatum Wild Ginger is a, perennial 1' by 3'and larger, large dark-green heart-shaped leaves 3" across, small reddish 'bat' flowers. An excellent groundcover along coast in part shade or redwood garden. It needs regular water in most of Calif.. It looks un-native.The rootstock can be used as ginger. It showed a lot of damage when snow covered it for a day, but recovered nicely. Ours have gone through 10 deg. weather ok as long as the plants are in protected spots, i.e. in the open the temp was 10, under the heavy shade of a tree with 3" of leaf litter it was 20-25.

Available at our Online store.

Contact: pan@laspilitas.com
Container Size Quantity In Production Quantity For Purchase Unit-Price
One Gallon 74 0 $ 14.99

Available at our Santa Margarita store.

Contact: bawilson@laspilitas.com
Hours: Open Saturday only from 9am to 4pm
Address: 3232 Las Pilitas Rd. Santa Margarita, CA 93453
Container Size Quantity In Production Quantity For Purchase Unit-Price
One Gallon 32 42 $ 14.99

Available at our Escondido store.

Contact: escondido@laspilitas.com
Hours: Open Tuesday through Saturday from 9am to 4pm
Address: 8331 Nelson Way Escondido, CA 92026
Container Size Quantity In Production Quantity For Purchase Unit-Price
One Gallon 0 0 $ 14.99

Characteristics

Asarum caudatum Wild Ginger tolerates clay.

Asarum caudatum Wild Ginger's foliage color is green and type is evergreen.
Asarum caudatum Wild Ginger's flower color is red.

Communities

Communities for Asarum caudatum Wild Ginger:Redwood Forest and Yellow Pine Forest.

Ranges for Asarum caudatum

ph: 4.00 to 8.00
usda: 8 to 10
height[m]: 0.10 to 0.30
width[m]: 0.50 to 1.00
rainfall[cm]: 125.00 to 305.00

What does all this mean!?!

View Information About Other Plants

Plant Lists
Alphabetized by scientific name: A -B -C -D -E -F -G -H -I -J -K -L -M -N -O -P -Q -R -S -T -U -V -W -X -Y -Z
Alphabetized by common name: A -B -C -D -E -F -G -H -I -J -K -L -M -N -O -P -Q -R -S -T -U -V -W -X -Y -Z
Alphabetized by cultivar: A -B -C -D -E -F -G -H -I -J -K -L -M -N -O -P -Q -R -S -T -U -V -W -X -Y -Z

Las Pilitas - Home Page

Last edited on 2012-01-08 18:10:06.

Authors