| Scientific Name: | Asarum caudatum |
| Common Name: | western wild ginger |
| Family Name: | Aristolochiaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Alpine, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Herb, Medicinal plant, Native planting, Perennial border, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Bog, Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Heavily veined, Distinctive smell, Orbicular, Reniform, Ciliate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Red, Brown, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Evergreen groundcover; leaves release ginger-like aroma when rubbed, shiny, kidney-shaped to rounded, most 4-9cm long x 5-12cm wide, apex obtuse, blade overlapping at bases to cordate, petioles 8-17cm long; flowers usually hidden by leaves, solitary, brownish-purple to greenish-yellow flowers grow on peduncles, 1-5cm long, petals absent, calyx purplish-brown, 3 petal-like, lanceolate ends 3-8cm long, 12 united stamens forming a tube; capsules fleshy, seeds egg-shaped with a prominent fleshy appendage. | |