Asarum asaroides Lycoris The tropical-looking 30" long x

The tropical-looking 30" long x 4" wide green leaves are heavily-spotted creamy yellow

narrow foliage has a narrow white center

are sure to make visitors stop to admire this gem

make that the entire plant kingdom

but what resulted is one helluva offspring

Asarum asaroides Lycoris The tropical-looking 30" long xThe name Asarum asaroides is a bit bizarre, since the specific epithet "asaroides" means asarum like well, duh! And who says mothball sniffing herbarium taxonomists don't have a sense of humor. Asarum asaroides is a vigorous, evergreen clump former with long heart shaped leaves to 6" with cloudy, silvery white markings different on each clone because of the wide species variability. The 15" wide clumps are adorned with 2", rounded, dark purple brown