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Not too long ago a friend asked me what the strangest flower was in the garden... now, that's kind of a head-scratcher, as our garden has more than it's share of oddities, but after thinking about it I've decided on Asarum minamitanianum, a wild ginger originally native to the Japanese island of Kyushu (but said to be nearly extinct in the wild).
It has speckled, evergreen leaves, and the flowers... well, I've seen them described as "mutant starfish". They are maroon and white, and waxy. They have long 'tails" on each of the petals, the flower lying uneasily just off the ground like some Daliesque creature from space... Cool.


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