Pachyphragma macrophyllum Pyrrosia the young foliage is cooked

the young foliage is cooked as a vegetable in its native haunts

the bizarre Jack-in-the-pulpit-like flower emerges with the foliage

The Himalayan Jack-in-the-pulpit

The heavily silver leaves are adorned with narrow green veins and topped

As with all coral bells

Pachyphragma macrophyllum Pyrrosia the young foliage is cookedPachyphragma macrophyllum is one of those delightful gems for the woodland garden that few people know probably due to its origin in Iran and Turkey. Its better known cousins in the Brassicaceae family include dentaria, cardamine, and of course, collards. The corrugated rounded green leaves begin to rise from an evergreen rosette in late winter as the plant expands to 18" tall x 2' wide, topped, starting for us in late March and continuing for a