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Asarum marmoratum
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Asarum marmoratum is a species of wild ginger known by the common name marbled wild ginger.[1]
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]
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