Arisarum proboscideum

From the shady moist slopes of the Italian Apennine mountain range. The mouse plant is well named. Tiny tubers increase readily beneath humus-rich soil, spearing up dense clusters of small shining green leaves. Hidden among them are tiny flowers, white inside with brown backs, the spathe tips extended into long thin tails which poke out among the leaves as though tiny mice had dived in, head first, to hide. Best in shade, near the edge of a path where you can stoop to see them. The foliage is likely to have disappeared by midsummer.