life
cycle - introduced perennial, reproducing by seed, tuberous base and
fleshy creeping roots
stems – reproductive
stems, upright, leaf scales growth
habit 2, growth habit 2
leaves – arising
from swollen base, roundish and somewhat heart-shaped or kidney-shaped,
very large, petioles long and hollow with ridges, margins irregularly
toothed, smooth above, wooly below leaves 1, leaves 2
flowers – heads
of pink-purple disk (tabulate) florets arranged in dense spike
on thick stalk, dioecious with male and female on separate
plants, appear before foliage emergences
