Asarum petelotii O.C. Schmidt belongs to the Aristolochiaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Family
Aristolochiaceae
Genus
Asarum
Specific Epithet
petelotii
Authorship
O.C. Schmidt
4/30/2018
Location
China, Yunnan, Malipo Xian.
22.942222, 104.594444
Location Remarks
Wenshan Zhuangzu-Miaozu-Zizhizhou. Southwest of the city of Malipo and almost exactly midway in a straight line between Nanwenhe-Xiang and Dulong-zhen, near Baishapo, along a tributary of the Tanshan-he (Tanshan River); ca. 10.4 km north of the border with Vietnam. Mixed broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest with Lauraceae and Fagaceae dominant, with several species of Acer and shrubby understory with abundant colonies of Alpinia. 1250-1350 m.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Han HUANG, Zhuo ZHOU
Notes
Moist forest floor on flat area above stream. Colonial; rhizomes with ginger-like odor; calyx tube outside dark or pale purple with darker purple longitudinal lines, inside dark purple with irregular white band just below lobes, lobes white except at purple base.