With its fuzzy heart shaped leaves, Fringe Cups, also known as false alum root, makes a nice addition to the woodland garden. Fringe Cups is classified as a rosette forming herbaceous perennial groundcover which can grow to 3’ tall and spread to 2’. Large, attractively veined, rich green leaves stay low with flower stalks rising above. Under good conditions this plant will spread by thick underground rhizomes. Flowers consist of 10-35 green-white flowers turning pink-red as the blossom ages. Description from pnwplants.wsu.edu
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