Wild Ginger
Asarum caudatum
![Wild Ginger, Western Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum](asarumcaudatum1c.jpg)
The photo above shows wild ginger as
seen at 4050' atop the ridge dividing the Cougar and Dairy Creek drainages of
Mt. Adams.......June 17, 2006.
![Leaves of Wild Ginger, Western Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum](caudatum2a.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up view of the heart-shaped leaves of wild ginger as seen near 4000' at seeps road #070, about 200 meters downhill from its intersection with road #120 on the south side of Mt. Adams.......June 2, 2007.
![Flower of Wild Ginger, Western Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum](asarumcaudatum1a.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of the flower of wild ginger as seen at 4050' atop the ridge dividing the Cougar and Dairy Creek drainages of Mt. Adams.......June 17, 2006.
![Flower of Wild Ginger, Western Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum](asarumcaudatum1b.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up sideview of the flower of wild ginger as seen at 4050' atop the ridge dividing the Cougar and Dairy Creek drainages of Mt. Adams........June 17, 2006.
![Flower of Wild Ginger, Western Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum](caudatum2b.jpg)
The photo above shows another close-up sideview of the flower of wild ginger as seen near 4000' at seeps road #070, about 200 meters downhill from its intersection with road #120 on the south side of Mt. Adams........June 2, 2007. Note the numerous spreading hairs on the leaf petioles, pedicels and outside of the calyx.
Paul Slichter