Asarum europaeum

Afşarotu

Aerial stems 1.5-3 cm, villous. Scale leaves ovate, acute, imbricate. Petiole 5-9 cm, villous at base; lamina reniform to cordate, 4-6 x 6-7.5 cm, obtuse or retuse, sometimes acute, dark glossy green, glabrous, or pubescent mostly on veins. Pedicels 8-15 mm, slender. Flowers purplish brown inside; perianth 12-18 mm long, at base 6-10 mm broad; lobes 5-8 mm, acute to acuminate, tip often inflexed. Seeds c. 3 x 2 mm. 2n = 26. Fl. 3-4. Shady banks and mixed forests ofAbies and Fagus, 450-860 m.

W. Europe to Siberia . Euro-Sib. element.