Asarum caudatum
long-tailed wild ginger, western wild ginger
horizontal, shallowly buried;
internodes (5)15–65 mm.
blades cordate; (1.5)3–8.5 × (2)4.5–12.5 cm, not variegated; marginal hairs perpendicular to margin or curved toward tip;
tips usually obtuse, occasionally broadly acute, abaxially sparsely appressed-hirsute; at least proximally, adaxially glabrous or sparsely appressed-hirsute;
petioles 6–19 cm.
15–50 mm.
calyx tubes cylindric, externally dark red to brownish purple, rarely green; hispid, internally white, usually with median purple stripes, with purple or rarely white hairs;
lobes spreading or weakly reflexed at anthesis; (11)30–75 mm;
tips filiform-attenuate, abaxially purple or greenish, sparsely hispid, adaxially purple, puberulent with crisped purple hairs.
Asarum caudatum
Mesic or wet places in conifer forests or rocky areas. Flowering Mar–Aug. 0–1800 m. BW, Casc, CR, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to MT. Native.
Christian Feuillet
- Local floras:
BC, 
CA, 
OR, 
WA - Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos,
Flora NW, 
PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. 
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
USDA Plants Database- LBJ Wildflower Center
- SEINet
- Plants of the World Online
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Wikipedia
- Google Image Search
