kathleenpryer's Identifications

Evergreen perennial; heart-shaped leathery leaves with short rhizome; the leaves are crowded near the apex of the rhizome, and are dark green in color with silver patches; when in bloom, flowers have leathery sepals formed into a 3-lobed cup shape; flowers are pink, purple, and yellow-white in color.

Flowering plant grown in a memorial garden; this species is not native to the United States, leaves alternating, compound leaves, 3-5 leaflets, thorns on stem, flowers pink, 5 sepals, 5 petals, many stamen.