The seedlings that have flowered have been similar to A. sikokianum, but with a narrower spathe, pale brown within, instead of the glistening white of the species, and a tan knob of a spadix. These tips stick up through the foliage looking, some say, like little mouse tails. Can take deep shade. Large stemless pale yellow spathe in spring. Summer dormant but leaving a ripening stem of bright red-orange berries.
Leaves start to grow again in fall, stay green through winter.
Lt shade, average soil. Late spring into summer. Very attractive background plant in a shade garden, excellent with hostas. Wild collected seed from the Cascade Mts. of Washington z4. This selection of our common NW Wild Ginger is unique, with creamy white flowers with long drawn out sepal tips, instead of the usual deep burgundy.