title: Asarum monodoriflorum
text: # Asarum monodoriflorum
  
  Asarum monodoriflorum, also known by the common name Monodora-kan-aoi, is a low-growing, herbaceous perennial plant. It is critically endangered.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  It is native to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  It was described by Sumihiko Hatusima, and Eiji Yamahata, and published in J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 37: 72 in 1989.
  
  