Asarum marmoratum Calflora

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Taxon Report

Asarum marmoratum Piper

Marbled wild ginger, Marbled wildginger

2003 Norman Jensen

2013 Ron Clark

2007 Norman Jensen

Asarum marmoratum is a perennial herb (rhizomatous) that is native to California, and also found in Oregon.

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.3 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~4 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

Bloom Period

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Genus:	Asarum
Family:	Aristolochiaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: magnoliid

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS

Information about Asarum marmoratum from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ASMA8) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 2B.3 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).