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'''''Houttuynia cordata''''', the sole species in the genus '''''Houttuynia''''', is a [[flowering plant]] native to [[Japan]], southern [[China]] and [[Southeast Asia]], where it grows in moist, shady places.

''Houttuynia'' is a [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]] growing to between 20 and 80 cm. The proximal part of the stem is trailing and produces [[adventitious root]]s, while the distal part of the stem grows vertically. The [[Leaf|leaves]] are alternate, broadly heart-shaped, 4-9 cm long and 3-8 cm broad. [[Flower]]s are greenish-yellow, borne on a terminal spike 2-3 cm long with 4-6  large white basal [[bract]]s.

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Houttuynia (M. Houttuyn, of Amsterdam, writer on natural history in 1774-1783). Saururaceae. One oriental species, the Californian species being now referred to Anemopsis (p. 287, Vol. I). H. cordaia, Thunb., is a perennial herb, growing ½ -3 ft. high, from a creeping rootstock. from Himalaya to China and Japan: st. leafy, nearly simple, angular: lvs. alternate, simple, broadly ovate-cordate, 5-nerved: fls. very small, naked, in a short spike; stamens 3; short spike subtended by a corolla-like spathe in 4 ovate spreading white parts. B.M. 2731. G.W. 11, p. 385. — Grows in ditches along waysides, up to 5,000 ft. in India. Perhaps to be recommended for moist places in mild climates.
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