Biology and development of life forms of Asarum sieboldii Miq. (Aristolichiaceae Juss.)

Asarum sieboldii Miq. is valuable medicine plant, which grows in the South of Primorie (Russian Far East). The life form of A. sieboldii is short- or longrhizomed policarpous herbaceous plant with sympodial growth and rosette sprout. Species forms two types of rhizomes: shortened epigeogenous and mixed hypogeogenous and epigeogeonous. Species is characterized by the rosette sympodial model of the sprouting. Besides having two-cotyledontous sprouts, A. sieboldii has single-cotyledontous ones. Morphogenesis of the plant consists of 9 ontogenetic stages and 6 phases.