Asarum caudatum

Asarum caudatum

Identification

Genus: Asarum Species: caudatum Variety: Cultivar:
Common name: Wild Ginger.

Description

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.


The flowers of Wild Ginger, Asarum caudatum

Characteristics

Asarum caudatum Wild Ginger tolerates clay.

Asarum caudatum Wild Ginger's foliage color is silver 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 205.00

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