Rare Flower

in #nature10 days ago

This is a really poor image of a very rare flower. Most people who live in this area, where it grows natively, will live their lives never having seen it.

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It’s commonly known as “Wild Ginger” and its Latin name is Asarum Canadense. It’s an understory plant in mixed deciduous/coniferous woods on Vancouver Island where I live.

Its leaves are broad and kidney shaped and grow from rhizomes that creep around the ground and pop out these hard to find reddish-brown sexy flowers.

The reason the photo is so poor is that it was taken years ago with technology of the time. I’m sure I could get a better pic now with my iPhone

But it seems my patch is no longer there. I’ll have to find another one.