Asarum unzen




Family Aristolochiaceae
Scientific name Asarum unzen (F. Maekawa) Kitamura & Murata
Synonyms Heterotropa unzen (F. Maekawa) F. Maekawa
Common name (Japanese common name) Unzen-aoi (ウンゼンアオイ, 雲仙葵 [meaning: Unzen Hollyhock (Unzen = a famous mountain in Nagasaki Prefecture)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Kyushu (Fukuoka Prefecture, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture)
(Other nations) none
Habitat Mountane forest
Chromosomal number n=12
Description Perennial plants.
Reference Asarum unzen Kitam. & Murata
Note Native to Japan. Rare species



March 2006
at Mito Botanical Park