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In spring, it develops distinct [[hirsute]] (hairy) cup-shaped, brown-purple to green-yellow [[flower]]s which terminate in three long gracefully curved lobes, often concealed by leaves. The long [[rhizome]]s give rise to persistent [[reniform]] (kidney/heart shaped) [[leaf|leaves]]. Leaves are found in colonies or clusters as the rhizome spreads.
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Asarum caudatum, Lindl. Wild Ginger. Rather slender, with long rootstocks, sparingly pubescent: Lvs. cordate - kidney - shaped, and more or less cupped or cucullate, acute or obtusish: fls. slender-stalked, the calyx- lobes oblong or triangular and attenuate; styles united. Pacific coast.—Evergreen.
Asarum caudatum, Lindl. Wild Ginger. Rather slender, with long rootstocks, sparingly pubescent: Lvs. cordate - kidney - shaped, and more or less cupped or cucullate, acute or obtusish: fls. slender-stalked, the calyx- lobes oblong or triangular and attenuate; styles united. Pacific coast.—Evergreen.
